ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,922, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Airbag housing" was invented by Daniel Scott Armagost (San Mateo, Calif.), Joao Pedro Damasio Simoes De Oliveira (Leamington Spa, Great Britain), Anthony Iannone (Los Altos, Calif.), David Maurice Libeaut (Bidford-on-Avon, Great Britain) and Syed Mohsin Ahmed Naqvi (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle airbag system, comprises: (A) a housing comprising an opening, (B) an airbag, configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state in response to a trigger, wherein the airbag: (i) is located inside the housing while in the stowed ...