US Patent Issued to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US on Aug. 11 for "Roof-mounted occupant restraint system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,317, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC. (Washington, Mich.).

"Roof-mounted occupant restraint system" was invented by Kurt F. Fischer (Rochester, Mich.), Angelo J. Adler (Shelby Township, Mich.), Alexandra E. Schroeder (Lenox, Mich.), Hylus Ranjit Raj Jayakar (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Dylan P. Moran (Rochester Hills, 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 roof and a cabin with a seat for the occupant includes an airbag mounted to the vehicle roof. The airbag has a stored condition and is inflatable to a deployed condition ha...