This patent was only one of Volvo's gifts to the automotive world, though it is one of the most important. The three-point ...

it has evolved into a premium automaker renowned for its safety, famously giving away free access to the patent for the three-point seatbelt in 1959, saving countless lives since. Volvo has also ...

Volvo has a special place in the automotive safety history books because it shared ... Tesla and Toyota have both opened up their own patents on electric and hybrid cars for other automakers ...

Volvo, we'd argue, is one of those marques that ... but that just leaves us wondering what the patent filing is for. We'll just have to wait a while to find out one way or another.