after the patent expired in 1971, at which point the airbag was installed in a few experimental Ford cars.

In 1964, a Japanese automobile engineer, Yasuzaburou Kobori (?????), started developing an airbag "safety net" system. His design harnessed an explosive to inflate an airbag, for which he was later awarded patents in 14 countries. He died in 1975, before seeing the widespread adoption of airbag systems.

In 1967, a breakthrough in

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