ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,394, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC. (Washington, Mich.).
"One-piece fold-flat airbag design" was invented by Naji Arwashan (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag configured to be mounted on a vehicle structure and to be inflatable between the vehicle structure and the vehicle occupant. The airbag includes a single sheet of airbag material configured to have a plurality of leaves that extend radially from a point on the panel, wherein each leaf comprises a tip and edges that extend on opposite sides of the tip fro...