US Patent Issued to Volkswagen on April 8 for "Vehicle with a head airbag integrated into the vehicle body" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,411, issued on April 8, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Vehicle with a head airbag integrated into the vehicle body" was invented by Akbar Fatemi (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle with a head airbag integrated into the vehicle body, which is covered so as to be visually screened by a headliner that has a headliner opening for a functional component, in particular a reading light, wherein a fastening arrangement is provided on the reverse side of the headliner facing away from a passenger compartment, via which the functional component is secured. At least one shield element is associ...