Driver airbag with extension adjacent rear panel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTzu-Chen Weng, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Zhibing Deng
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTzu-Chen Weng, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Zhibing Deng
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An assembly for a vehicle includes a steering wheel. The assembly includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag has a main chamber supported by the steering wheel. The main chamber in the inflated position has a rear panel facing the steering wheel, an impact panel opposite the rear panel, and an outermost periphery between the impact panel and the rear panel. The airbag includes an extension having a first end and a terminal end. The extension extends from the first end to the terminal end adjacent the rear panel of the main chamber. The first end extends from the outermost periphery and the rear panel and the terminal end is connected to the rear panel. The airbag has an inflation chamber extending from the main chamber to the terminal end through the first end of the extension.
An assembly comprising:
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