Corrugated passenger airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. JARADI, Mohammed Omar FARUQUE, James Chih CHENG
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Abstract
An airbag system includes an airbag. The airbag includes a face portion configured such that when the airbag is inflated; the face portion forms a corrugated section. The corrugated section has a plurality of corrugations. The plurality of corrugations is configured to impede movement of an occupant's head from a center of the airbag toward a side of the airbag during impact. The plurality of corrugations is formed using a plurality of tethers attached to the face portion.
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An airbag system comprising:
- an airbag including a plurality of tethers and a face portion arranged such that when the airbag is inflated, the face portion forms a corrugated section having a plurality of corrugations slanted toward a center of the face portion and disposed between a center of the face portion and a side of the airbag to impede occupant head movement from the center toward the side of the airbag during impact.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an instrument panel;
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- an airbag module including an airbag and an inflator disposed behind the instrument panel, the airbag defining, when inflated, a single chamber having a plurality of corrugations each formed with a slant toward a center of the face portion and disposed between the center of the face portion and a side of an occupant receiving section of the airbag adjacent to a center of the vehicle and configured to impede movement of an occupant's head across the occupant receiving section during impact of the vehicle.
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A vehicle airbag module comprising:
- an inflator;
- an airbag having a face portion;
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- a plurality of tethers attached to the face portion and arranged to form a corrugated section on the face portion between a center of the face portion and a side of the airbag upon inflation of the airbag wherein corrugations of the corrugated section are slanted toward the center of the face portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.