US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY on May 13 for "Front airbag for a vehicle occupant, vehicle occupant protection system, and method for operating a vehicle occupant protection system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,780, issued on May 13, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Front airbag for a vehicle occupant, vehicle occupant protection system, and method for operating a vehicle occupant protection system" was invented by Christian Fischer (Pluderhausen, Germany) and Alexander Vogel (Aalen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front airbag (10) for the protection of a vehicle occupant (12) in a vehicle which is specifically a passenger airbag for the protection of a passenger, in the installed and inflated state includes a contact wall (20) facing the vehicle occupant (12) and an opposite rear wall (22) as well a...