Walter Linderer

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Walter Linderer is a German engineer and inventor who lived in Munich .

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In 1951 he applied for a patent for an airbag (October 6, 1951: Patent No. 896312 DE - device for protecting people in vehicles against injuries in collisions). It was granted in 1953. In the USA , John W. Hetrick applied for a patent for an airbag in 1952 .

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Individual evidence

  1. Published November 12, 1953
  2. Daimler: 25 years of passenger airbags at Mercedes-Benz