US Patent Issued to Volvo Car on March 11 for "Passenger protection unit for vehicle and method for controlling a passenger protection unit" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,770, issued on March 11, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Passenger protection unit for vehicle and method for controlling a passenger protection unit" was invented by Magnus Bjorklund (Gothenburg, Sweden), Anders Carlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden), David Beskow (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Gustav Bonde (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger protection unit for a vehicle can comprise an adjustable steering apparatus configured to be lockable at least in a first position and a second position, an instrument panel, an airbag module comprising at least an airbag, a crash control unit, and a retracti...