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US 2018/0222432 A1Published application
Overhead airbag assemblies
AssigneeAutoliv ASP, Inc.
InventorDavid W. Schneider
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Abstract
Airbag assemblies including a housing assembly to be mounted above a vehicle occupant position, an inflator, and an inflatable cushion are provided. The inflatable cushion can include first and second lateral chambers and a frontal chamber disposed between the first and second lateral chambers. Airbag assemblies including a first inflatable cushion that is configured to deploy at a first lateral side and forward of a vehicle occupant position and a second inflatable cushion that is configured to deploy at a second lateral side and forward of the vehicle occupant position are also provided.
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An airbag assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly to be mounted at a position above a vehicle occupant position of a vehicle;
- an inflator;
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- an inflatable cushion that defines a void that is configured to receive inflation gas from the inflator to expand the inflatable cushion from a packaged state within the housing assembly to a deployed state, wherein the inflatable cushion is configured to deploy around a portion of the vehicle occupant position, the inflatable cushion comprising:
- a first lateral chamber to deploy at a first lateral side of the vehicle occupant position;
- a second lateral chamber to deploy at a second lateral side disposed opposite of the first lateral side;
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- a frontal chamber to deploy to be disposed between the first and second lateral chambers and forward of the vehicle occupant position, the frontal chamber configured to receive a head and at least a portion of a torso of a vehicle occupant moving from the vehicle occupant position in a forward direction relative to the vehicle during a vehicle impact event.
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An airbag assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly configured to be mounted at a position above a vehicle occupant position of a vehicle;
- a first lateral chamber defining an inflatable void that is configured to receive inflation gas from an inflator assembly disposed within the housing assembly to transition the first lateral chamber from a packaged state to a deployed state, wherein the first lateral chamber is configured to deploy at a first lateral side of the vehicle occupant position;
- a second lateral chamber defining an inflatable void that is configured to receive inflation gas from the inflator assembly to transition the second lateral chamber from a packaged state to a deployed state, wherein the second lateral chamber is configured to deploy at a second lateral side disposed opposite of the first lateral side;
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- a frontal chamber defining an inflatable void that is configured to receive inflation gas from the inflator assembly to transition the frontal chamber from a packaged state to a deployed state, wherein the frontal chamber is configured to deploy between the first and second lateral chambers and forward of the vehicle occupant position.
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An airbag assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly to be mounted at a position above a vehicle occupant position of a vehicle;
- a first inflatable cushion that defines a void that is configured to receive inflation gas from an inflator assembly to expand the first inflatable cushion from a packaged state within the housing assembly to a deployed state, wherein the first inflatable cushion is configured to deploy at a first lateral side and forward of the vehicle occupant position;
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- a second inflatable cushion that defines a void that is configured to receive inflation gas from the inflator assembly to expand the second inflatable cushion from a packaged state within the housing assembly to a deployed state, wherein the second inflatable cushion is configured to deploy at a second lateral side disposed opposite of the first lateral side and forward of the vehicle occupant position;
- wherein the first and second inflatable cushions are configured to receive a head and at least a portion of a torso of a vehicle occupant moving from the vehicle occupant position in a forward direction relative to the vehicle during a vehicle impact event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.