US Patent Issued to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE on May 27 for "Impact protection device and method for operating an impact protection device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,861, issued on May 27, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Impact protection device and method for operating an impact protection device" was invented by Christian Rommelfanger (Bad Liebenzell, Germany) and Philipp Bolay (Flacht, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact protection device for an occupant of a motor vehicle in a vehicle interior, including a display device with a display, with which an airbag arrangement is associated, and at least one airbag, which is filled with gas and deploys when the impact protection device is activated. The display device includes a printed circuit board, w...