US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY GERMANY, DALPHI METAL ESPANA, SLU, SAFELIFE INDUSTRIA DE COMPONENTES DE SEGURANCA AUTOMOVEL LDA on June 30 for "Multi-chamber airbag" (Portuguese, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,203, issued on June 30, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY GERMANY GMBH (Aschaffenburg, Germany), DALPHI METAL ESPANA, SLU (Vigo, Spain) and SAFELIFE INDUSTRIA DE COMPONENTES DE SEGURANCA AUTOMOVEL LDA (Gemieira, Portugal).

"Multi-chamber airbag" was invented by Bartolomeu Franco (Viana do Castelo, Portugal) and Alexandra Balbas Calvo (Vigo, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-chamber airbag (10) includes an airbag wall (16) comprising a primary outlet (51) and at least one secondary outlet (52) which encloses an inflatable primary chamber (14), and a gas distribution mechanism (58) comprising a primary closure element (61...