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US 10,946,828 B2Granted
Multi-layered tether
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid R. Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg, Adrienne Huelke
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Abstract
An airbag assembly includes a base and an airbag extendable from the base to a flat position prior to inflation. A tether is elongated along an axis from a first end of the tether attached to the base to another end of the tether attached to the airbag in the flat position. A reinforcement is elongated along the axis in the flat position state and attached to the tether. The reinforcement has a greater torsional rigidity about the axis than the tether.
Claims16
An airbag assembly comprising:
- a base;
- an airbag extendable from the base to a flat position prior to inflation;
- a tether elongated along an axis from a first end of the tether attached to the base to a second end of the tether attached to the airbag in the flat position;
- and
- a reinforcement elongated along the axis in the flat position and attached to the tether, the reinforcement having a greater torsional rigidity about the axis than the tether.
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