Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag arranged in a region of a vehicle seat, that inflates from this region, and is allocated to an occupant in the vehicle seat. The airbag inflates upwards in the direction of a vehicle vertical axis, has a balloon-shaped section and adjacent thereto a further section and is positioned, in its operative position, in such a manner that the airbag encloses legs and a lower body of the occupant and this enclosing region forms an impact and support region for a head and an upper body of the occupant.

Abstract: A microfabricated structure includes a perforated stator; a first isolation layer on a first surface of the perforated stator; a second isolation layer on a second surface of the perforated stator; a first membrane on the first isolation layer; a second membrane on the second isolation layer; and a pillar coupled between the first membrane and the second membrane, wherein the first isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the first membrane, wherein the second isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the second membrane, and wherein an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the first isolation layer is laterally offset with respect to an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the second isolation layer.

Abstract: A hand-held pointing device for controlling a movement of a software cursor comprises an acceleration detector and an image capturing unit. The acceleration detector determines an inclination parameter, wherein the movement of the software cursor in a vertical direction is controllable based on the inclination parameter. Further, the image capturing unit records images within the visible spectral range, wherein the movement of the software cursor in a horizontal direction is controllable based on the recorded images.