Fifty years ago, Mercedes-Benz secured a fundamental airbag patent

Fifty years ago, Mercedes-Benz secured a fundamental airbag patent
The airbag is one of Mercedes-Benz’s outstanding innovations in the field of passive safety.

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[Grosser]

I don't get how MB thinks it's their innovation, when cars from 1974 had an airbag

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[Antti]

I don't get how MB thinks it's their innovation, when cars from 1974 had an airbag

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I think they are talking about the passenger airbag, not the driver airbag.

 

[Merc1]

Mercedes is delusional here.

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[martinbo]

It's about them securing the patent:

• Patent specification of 1971 for an “impact protection device for the occupants of a motor vehicle”
• The first versions of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class with driver airbags were delivered at the end of 1980
• The seat belt tensioner was introduced at the same time as the airbag
• 2021: Mercedes-Benz and Heron Preston present a fashion collection made of recycled airbags