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US 8,783,711 B2Granted
Low mass passenger airbag design
AssigneeChrysler Group LLC
InventorJames Webber
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Abstract
An airbag module including a housing, an airbag disposed within the housing, and a chute enclosing the airbag within the housing. The chute includes a seam formed therein that is operable to open during deployment of the airbag, wherein the chute includes a projection that extends toward the housing, and the housing includes a grasping feature that engages with the projection during deployment of the airbag to assist in opening the seam.
Claims17
An airbag module, comprising:
- a housing;
- an airbag disposed within the housing;
- and
- a chute enclosing the airbag within the housing, the chute including a seam formed therein that is operable to open during deployment of the airbag,
- wherein the housing includes a primary housing and a secondary housing that extends over the primary housing, the second housing including a focus plate aligned with the seam that includes a first slot and a second slot, the primary housing being coupled to the first slot, and
- wherein the chute includes a projection that extends toward the focus plate and engages with the second slot during deployment of the airbag to assist in opening the seam.
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An airbag module, comprising:
- a housing having a pair of connection portions;
- a focus plate including a first pair of slots that correspond to and engage with the pair of connection portions;
- an airbag disposed within the housing;
- and
- a chute including a seam that encloses the airbag within the housing, the chute includes a pair of projections that extend toward an interior of the housing toward the focus plate,
- wherein the focus plate includes a pair of second slots that correspond to and engage with the pair of projections formed on the chute such that during deployment of the airbag, the pair of projections and pair of second slots cooperate to open the seam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.