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US 8,408,594 B2Granted
Airbag
AssigneeTK Holdings Inc.
InventorJonathan Richard Kibat
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Abstract
A seatbelt system for a vehicle includes a seatbelt anchor, a seatbelt connected to the seatbelt anchor, and an airbag mounted to the seatbelt anchor such that the airbag is provided separately from the seatbelt. The airbag may be a side airbag for a pelvic area of a vehicle occupant. The seatbelt system may deploy the airbag to a desired location in a short amount of time and in a precise manner with improved confidence that the airbag has been deployed to the desired location.
Claims19
A seatbelt system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a seatbelt anchor,
- a seatbelt connected to the seatbelt anchor, and
- an airbag mounted to the seatbelt anchor such that the airbag is provided separately from the seatbelt,
- wherein the airbag is connected to the seatbelt by an airbag retention mechanism such that the airbag moves along the seatbelt as a guide when the airbag is deployed, and
- wherein the airbag retention mechanism connects to an inflated region of the airbag.
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An airbag module for a vehicle, comprising:
- a side airbag configured to deploy in a region of a pelvic portion of an occupant of the vehicle,
- wherein the side airbag is provided as an airbag with at least one airbag panel and is configured to be mounted to a seatbelt anchor such that the side airbag is provided separately from a seatbelt,
- wherein the airbag is connected to the seatbelt by an airbag retention mechanism such that the airbag moves along the seatbelt as a guide when the airbag is deployed, and
- wherein the airbag retention mechanism connects to an inflated portion of the airbag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.