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Patent application first sent
Patent applications were submitted by German Walter Linderer and American John Hedrik. -
John Hedrik received U.S. Patent #2,649,311
For what he called a "safety cushion assembly for automotive vehicles." Device still impractical. -
Oldmobile Tornado first car with a passenger air bag intended for the public
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Driver side airbags made mandatory
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Side airbags first introduced by Volvo
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Both driver and passanger airbags mandatory