ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,315, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Collapsing a display device in order to deploy an airbag" was invented by Bernd Jakobs (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for triggering at least one airbag, in particular a passenger airbag, positioned behind or next to a display apparatus, an impact being detected and at least one airbag being triggered via a control unit, a triggering unit being triggered in addition to the at least one airbag in order to destroy the display apparatus. Furthermore, an apparatus is disclosed, in particular for use in a vehicle."
The patent...