US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY on June 24 for "Vehicle occupant restraint system having front airbag and side airbag" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,787, issued on June 24, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Vehicle occupant restraint system having front airbag and side airbag" was invented by Michael Stegmeier (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany), Anton Fischer (Schechingen-Leinweiler, Germany) and Axel Kamrath (Aschaffenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a restraint system for a vehicle occupant (26) in a motor vehicle, comprising a front airbag (28), in particular a driver's airbag, and a side airbag (14), in particular a curtain airbag. In the inflated state, the side airbag (14) is arranged and shaped in such a way that,...