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US 5,607,180 AGranted
Airbag inflation devices and methods
OwnerMurray Kornhauserinventor
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Abstract
Airbag systems for protecting passengers during collision. The airbags are inflated with ambient air at atmospheric pressure in the vehicle cabin. In a preferred aspect, the airbags are interfaced with bladders which store the ambient air and which are compressed by an electromagnetic plate hurling process which compresses the bladder. The airbags can be deployed in any direction and protect the passengers in all places in the vehicle without the dangerous side effects of overpressure buildup.
Claims16
An airbag system for protecting a passenger during collision, comprising:
- an airbag which is inflatable with ambient air;
- a bladder interfaced with the airbag for storing the ambient air before the collision;
- a first means for storing energy which will be used to compress the bladder and thereby inflate the airbag;
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- a plate interfaced to the first means which will be hurled against the bladder during a collision.
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A system for inflating an airbag in a vehicle comprising:
- energy storing means for storing energy which will be used to inflate the airbag;
- gas storage means for storing gas to inflate the airbag;
- compression means for compressing the gas storage means to cause the airbag to inflate;
- an energy delivery means interfaced with the compression means for delivering the energy to the compression means, thereby causing the compression means to be hurled against the gas storage means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.