Zoe Bollinger
Dec 12, 2014

Takata Patents Show Decades Spent Seeking Safer Air Bags

An analysis of Takata patents show that researchers have been aware of the instability of ammonium nitrate and other risks for more than a dozen years.  Patents, from as early as 1985, show attempts to improve the propellants that help inflate the bags and strengthen their metal housing.

Takata Patents Show Decades Spent Seeking Safer Air Bags - Bloomberg
Air bag patents show researchers probed ways to make the devices more durable and the explosive propellant inside them more stable for decades before Takata Corp. products designed to save lives started killing people.