US Patent Issued to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US on July 29 for "Knee airbag" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,972, issued on July 29, was assigned to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC. (Washington, Mich.).

"Knee airbag" was invented by Joseph Palazzolo (Shelby Township, Mich.), Jaime Fermin Perez (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Douglas Gould (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee airbag module for a vehicle includes an airbag housing configured to be mounted in an instrument panel of the vehicle at a position above a glove box of the instrument panel. The module also includes a knee airbag comprising overlying panels interconnected along a perimeter connection to define an inflatable volume of the knee airbag. The knee airbag has a ...