ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,207, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Attachment member, and seat equipped with airbag module" was invented by Jinichi Tanabe (Tochigi, Japan), Hiroshi Baba (Tochigi, Japan), Makoto Takeuchi (Tochigi, Japan), Hiroshi Izawa (Tochigi, Japan) and Yoshihisa Kurosaki (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment member allowing a connected state between the attachment member and a guide member to be more easily checked is provided. The attachment member for attaching a stay cloth, which guides a deployment direction of an airbag module, to a seat back frame has a holding portion which i...