US Patent Issued to Zoox on July 1 for "Side airbag systems and vehicles with side airbag systems" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,181, issued on July 1, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Side airbag systems and vehicles with side airbag systems" was invented by Swagat Goswami (Cupertino, Calif.), Markus Jost (San Mateo, Calif.), David Maurice Libeaut (Bidford-on-Avon, Great Britain) and Goutham Shanmuga Sundaram (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bench seating and side airbag system is provided. The system comprises a back portion and a side portion. The back portion has an interior facing interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface opposite the interior facing surface. The side portion and the back portion are positione...