ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,157, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GLOBAL SAFETY TEXTILES GMBH (Bad Sackingen, Germany).

"Airbag with at least three layers, said airbag being woven into a part" was invented by Daniel Albiez (Murg, Germany) and David Williamson (Lorrach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to an OPW airbag which is woven into a part, comprising warp threads and weft threads, which are woven so as to produce at least three woven fabric layers, a lower fabric layer (UG), an upper fabric layer (OG), and a central fabric layer (MG) arranged therebetween. The airbag is characterized in that the warp threads and weft thread...