US Patent Issued to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US on Aug. 25 for "Tether protection panel for airbag module" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,387, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US LLC (Washington, Mich.).

"Tether protection panel for airbag module" was invented by Alvaro Ivan Alvarez Ponce (Chihuahua, Mexico), Angel Martinez (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Annmarie McMillan (Romeo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tether protection panel configured to help protect a tether for tailor deployment of an airbag includes a first portion configured to be secured to an outer surface of the airbag and to at least partially extend along an inflator opening of the airbag, and a second portion configured to be folded over to at least partially overli...