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US 9,809,192 B2Granted
Passenger airbag
AssigneeTK Holdings Inc.
InventorChristopher L. Anderson
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Abstract
An airbag includes an inflation side and a vehicle occupant contact side opposite the inflation side, and a divider. The divider has a first portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side and a second portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side, such that the first and second portions tend to converge from the inflation side toward the occupant contact side.
Claims16
An airbag comprising:
- an outer shell defining an interior of the airbag;
- a divider attached to the outer shell so as to define an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a gas-receiving chamber positioned between the upper and lower chambers;
- an inflation side and a vehicle occupant contact side opposite the inflation side;
- and
- a first portion of the divider attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side and a second portion of the divider attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side, such that the first and second portions tend to converge from the inflation side toward the occupant contact side,
- wherein the divider is structured to enable independent and simultaneous control of the inflation of said upper and lower chambers, and, the entire receiving chamber resides below the upper chamber and above the lower chamber.
3 more elements
An airbag comprising:
- an inflation side and a vehicle occupant contact side opposite the inflation side;
- and
- a divider having a first portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side and a second portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side, said first portion converging from the inflation side toward the occupant contact side to thereby contact the second portion, wherein fluid flows through said first portion and through said second portion.
An airbag comprising:
- an inflation side and a vehicle occupant contact side opposite the inflation side;
- a divider having a first portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side and a second portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side, said first portion converging from the inflation side toward the vehicle occupant contact side to thereby contact the second portion;
- at least one first gas orifice in said first portion and at least one second gas orifice in said second portion, said first and second gas orifices in a non-aligned relationship upon actuation of said airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.