ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,867, issued on May 27, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).
"Front airbag" was invented by Christian Fischer (Pluderhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front airbag (10) includes an inflatable chamber (18) having a baffle surface (16) provided to cushion an occupant (14) to be restrained, wherein a tether (28) extending inside the inflatable chamber (18) is provided which, when the front airbag (10) is mounted on the vehicle and is inflated, extends obliquely with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction (L) and which is fastened with a first longitudinal end (34) to a single baffle surface-s...