US Patent Issued to ZF Passive Safety Systems US on April 21 for "Floor-mounted occupant restraint system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,119, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZF Passive Safety Systems US LLC (Washington, Mich.).

"Floor-mounted occupant restraint system" was invented by Kurt Fischer (Rochester, Mich.) and Douglas Gould (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a floor, a roof, and a cabin with a seat for the occupant includes an airbag having a stored condition on the vehicle floor. The airbag is inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the occupant in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle and configured to receive a lower torso of an occupant penetrating...