US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY on July 7 for "Folding table system for a vehicle seat, method for positioning a passenger module and vehicle-occupant protection system having a folding table system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,599, issued on July 7, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Folding table system for a vehicle seat, method for positioning a passenger module and vehicle-occupant protection system having a folding table system" was invented by Simon Meszmer (Mittelbiberach, Germany) and Nils Heider (Brunsbek, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged table system (10) for a vehicle seat (12) includes an adjustable holder (18) arranged on the instrument panel (20), a support device (16) mounted on the vehicle seat (12), and a passenger module (14) comprising an airbag and a tabletop including a multimedia panel, where...