ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,386, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany) and AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Curtain-type side airbag and curtain-type airbag module" was invented by Robert Disam (Mutlangen, Germany), Michael Kaiser (Urbach, Germany) and Michael Stegmeier (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curtain side airbag (10), in particular for protection of a head area of a vehicle occupant (40), for a vehicle occupant restraint system (100), includes a main cushion (12) formed by one or more chambers which, when deployed and filled, extends along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle (x) ...