ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,040, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GLOBAL SAFETY TEXTILES GMBH (Bad Sackingen, Germany).
"Airbag, preferably OPW airbag, for a vehicle" was invented by David Williamson (Lorrach, Germany) and Daniel Albiez (Murg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag has at least two fabric layers which are connected to one another in such a way that a central inflow region forming a first airbag chamber and at least two wing regions forming respective second airbag chambers and extending radially from the inflow region are formed. During the inflation operation of the airbag, a gas flows first into the central inflow region and then ...