ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,140, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC. (Washington, Mich.).
"Anchorless tether for curtain airbag" was invented by Fernando Rios (Chihuahua, Mexico) and David Loya Cano (Chihuahua, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag inflatable from a stored condition adjacent a roof of the vehicle to a deployed condition in which the curtain airbag is positioned between a side structure of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The apparatus also includes a tether for anchoring the curtain airbag to the vehicle structure. The te...