ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,652, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Passenger safety console assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Venti Saslecov (Gothenburg, Sweden), Sebastian Rutelin (Fagerfjall, Sweden) and Johan Rosenberg (Lerum, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger safety console assembly for a vehicle. The passenger safety console assembly includes at least one structural member coupled to a body in white portion of the vehicle, where the at least one structural member is positioned behind an instrument panel. The at least one structural member spans only a portion of a distance between side structures ...