ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,772, issued on May 13, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Side airbag device" was invented by Hirooki Negishi (Tochigi, Japan), Masayuki Miyazaki (Tochigi, Japan), Naoya Nishimoto (Tochigi, Japan) and Kazuaki Mima (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is...