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US 5,667,243 AGranted
Air bag module
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsMargaret Ann Fisher, David Scott Weckesser
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AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsMargaret Ann Fisher, David Scott Weckesser
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An air bag module is provided in a vehicle having a vertical vehicle axis and having a horizontal vehicle axis. The air bag module includes an inflator having an elongated vertical inflator axis. The inflator discharges inflator gas which is directed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the vertical inflator axis. An air bag includes a main body portion having a shape that is angled with respect to the longitudinal direction. Preferably, the longitudinal direction is angled upwardly relative the horizontal vehicle axis and the main body portion of the air bag is angled downwardly relative the longitudinal direction. Preferably, the main body portion includes upper and lower downwardly angled edges which are generally parallel to the horizontal vehicle direction when the air bag is inflated.
An air bag module in a vehicle having a vertical vehicle axis and having a horizontal vehicle axis, the air bag module comprising:
An air bag module in a vehicle having a vertical vehicle axis and having a horizontal vehicle axis, the vehicle including a vehicle seat having a seat back tilted backwards relative the vertical vehicle axis and a vehicle door located outboard the vehicle seat, the air bag module comprising:
A method of folding an air bag having an inboard wall and an outboard wall, the air bag having a longitudinally extending central portion and a triangular-shaped lower portion extending below the central portion, the lower portion having a downwardly angled lower edge, the method comprising the step of:
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