US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY on April 22 for "Safety system for a motor vehicle, method for controlling a safety system, and control unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,732, issued on April 22, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Safety system for a motor vehicle, method for controlling a safety system, and control unit" was invented by Achim Hofmann (TuBling, Germany) and Christian Jung (Muhldorf am Inn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) comprises a gas tank (20) in which pressurized gas is stored, a valve (22) associated with the gas tank (20), at least one airbag (24) connected to the valve (22) via a fluid line (30), and a control device (26). In the control device (26) vehicle information (32) is stored and the ...