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US 9,845,069 B1Granted
Airbag including compressible vent tube
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorElizabeth G. Owen
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Abstract
A restraint system in a vehicle includes a reaction surface, an airbag including an inflation chamber, and a tube in fluid communication with the inflation chamber. The airbag is inflatable from an undeployed state to a deployed state. The airbag is fixed relative to the reaction surface in the undeployed state and adjacent the reaction surface in the deployed state. The tube extends along the airbag between the airbag in the deployed state and the reaction surface.
Claims20
A restraint system comprising:
- an A pillar of a vehicle;
- an airbag including an inflation chamber and being inflatable from an undeployed state to a deployed state, the airbag being fixed relative to the A pillar in the undeployed state and adjacent the A pillar in the deployed state;
- and
- a tube in fluid communication with the inflation chamber;
- wherein the tube extends along the airbag between the airbag in the deployed state and the A pillar.
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A restraint system comprising:
- a steering wheel;
- an airbag including an inflation chamber and being inflatable from an undeployed state to a deployed state, the airbag being fixed relative to the steering wheel in the undeployed state and adjacent steering wheel in the deployed state;
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- a tube in fluid communication with the inflation chamber;
- wherein the tube extends along the airbag between the airbag in the deployed state and the steering wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.