Due to a request from the Raleigh News & Observer (N&O), and in line with North Carolinaâs State Personnel Law, UNC Health Care will share an updated salary database with the N&O in mid-February. We do not know when the N&O will publish this information.
(Accessed March 2, 2011). Shortly after John Hetrick had witnessed an automobile accident he received a patent in 1953 for a âsafety cushion assembly for automotive vehicles.â His U.S. Patent No. 2,649,311 was the first prototype for airbags. 5.
In 1976, Takata became the first company in Japan to begin R&D related to airbags. In 1987, Takata began to supply airbags to the rest of the world. Today, Takata is one of the few manufacturers of airbags with fully integrated development, design, and manufacturing capabilities for airbag systems.