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US 2017/0320460 A1Published application
Airbag with individually tunable compartments
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRaj S. Roychoudhury, Roger J. Chen
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Abstract
An airbag includes a manifold having an outer panel and an inflation chamber defined at least in party by the outer panel. The airbag further includes a first compartment and a second compartment spaced from the first compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber. A first one-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and the first compartment, and a second one-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and the second compartment.
Claims16
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back;
- an airbag housed in the seat back in an uninflated position and being inflatable to an inflated position extending from the seat back;
- the airbag including a manifold having an outer panel and an inflation chamber defined in part by the outer panel;
- a first compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber;
- a second compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber and spaced from the first compartment;
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- a first one-way valve in fluid communication with the manifold and the first compartment and a second one-way valve in fluid communication with the manifold and the second compartment.
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An airbag comprising:
- a manifold having an outer panel and an inflation chamber defined at least in part by the outer panel;
- a first compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber;
- a second compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber and spaced from the first compartment;
- a first one-way valve in fluid communication with the manifold and the first compartment and a second one-way valve in fluid communication with the manifold and the second compartment;
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- at least one of a first external vent in the first compartment and a second external vent in the second compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.