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Who invented airbags?

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by Answerbag Staff on October 28th, 2009

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    Chris Joseph Oct 28th, 2009 A retired industrial engineering technician named John W. Hetrick received a patent for a "safety cushion assembly for automobiles" in 1953. A mechanical engineer named Allen K. Breed invented the modern airbag in the late 1960s.

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