ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,946, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).
"Airbag module" was invented by Martin Seitz (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany), Rolan Goller (Murrhardt, Germany) and Kathrin Weinhardt (Mutlangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag module includes an airbag (12) and an elongated inflator (14) protruding, with the exception of an igniter section (44), into a holding area (27) in an interior of the airbag (12). The inflator (14) extends through a first opening (28) in an outer wall (16) of the airbag (12) which forms the only insertion opening for the inflator (14)."
The patent was filed...