ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,803, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).
"Vehicle occupant restraining system" was invented by Benjamin Weimer (Spraitbach, Germany), Werner Freisler (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany) and Annabelle Munding (Ruppertshofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle occupant restraint system (10) comprises a vehicle seat (12) including a backrest (14) with a seat back surface (24), wherein the seat back surface (24) is provided for a vehicle occupant seated in the vehicle seat (12) to lean there against, and comprises an airbag module (16) integrated in the vehicle seat (12) which includes...