Compared to a traditional knee airbag that has to fully inflate, this arrangement is 65 percent lighter and can use a 75 percent smaller inflator. It’s also basically invisible when you look at ...

LIVONIA -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW) Monday announced the unveiling of its latest automotive airbag inflator technology at the Airbag 2012 exhibition in Europe.

Turns out, pretty much any part of a car can get a green makeover. ARC Automotive Inc., for example, has figured out a way to make an airbag inflator that use saltwater brine (and a small ...

The FINANCIAL — DEARBORN, Mich. – A new airbag design debuting on the 2015 Ford Mustang raises the bar for passenger safety by providing inflatable restraint protection in a smaller, lighter ...

TRW Automotive has launched a new compact knee airbag module which combines airbag performance with reduced weight and dimensions and a scaleable control unit designed for low-cost markets.

Ford says it is the first passenger knee airbag system packaged inside the glove box door with 15 patents granted and more pending. The new airbag will be introduced later this year as part of a ...

GM has issued a recall on the 2015 GMC Acadia over a potentially defective airbag inflator that could rupture during deployment, causing injury to occupants.

GM has issued a recall for certain units of the 2015 Chevy Traverse due to a defective front driver airbag inflator which can potentially rupture.

There's little doubt that knee airbags serve an important role in automobiles. However, they do take up space within the vehicle. Ford is addressing that factor in its 2015 Mustang, which will ...

Identify the two possible locations of BMW stored-gas airbag inflator modules and describe how extrication tasks can be affected by the presence of these units.

BMW of North America is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. because an airbag inflator could possibly explode, leading to a potentially serious injury or death.