Airbag system
First Claim
1. A vehicular airbag system, comprising:
- a holder;
a plurality of airbag assemblies, each of said airbag assemblies having an airbag that inflates outward, said airbags of a first set of said airbag assemblies each having a generally triangular airbag;
a plurality of airbag support brackets arranged on said holder, each of said support brackets retaining one of said airbag assemblies, said support brackets having different heights relative to a plane defined by or through said holder such that said airbags inflate at different levels relative to said plane; and
connectors that connect sides of said airbags of said first set of said airbag assemblies together.
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Abstract
Vehicular airbag system for a driver includes a steering column, a steering wheel assembly rotatably mounted to the steering column and including a core, and a plurality of airbags arranged in the core and configured to inflate outward from the core. The airbags are nested such that each airbag is configured to inflate within or over at least one other airbag. Activatable inflator systems are configured to inflate a respective airbag at a different speed of inflation. A control system is coupled to the inflator systems and controls activation of the inflator systems and thus inflation of the airbags. The inflator systems are configured such that one of the inflator systems configured to inflate an innermost airbag has a highest speed of inflation of the inflator systems and one of the inflator systems configured to inflate an outermost airbag has a lowest speed of inflation of the inflator system.
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24 Claims
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1. A vehicular airbag system, comprising:
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a holder; a plurality of airbag assemblies, each of said airbag assemblies having an airbag that inflates outward, said airbags of a first set of said airbag assemblies each having a generally triangular airbag; a plurality of airbag support brackets arranged on said holder, each of said support brackets retaining one of said airbag assemblies, said support brackets having different heights relative to a plane defined by or through said holder such that said airbags inflate at different levels relative to said plane; and connectors that connect sides of said airbags of said first set of said airbag assemblies together. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicular airbag system, comprising:
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a steering wheel assembly including a core; a holder arranged in said core; a plurality of airbag assemblies, each of said airbag assemblies including an airbag that inflates outward from said core; and a plurality of airbag support brackets arranged on said holder, each of said airbag support brackets retaining at least one of said airbag assemblies, said support brackets having different heights relative to a plane defined by or through said holder such that said airbags inflate at different levels relative to said plane. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A vehicular airbag system, comprising:
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a holder; a plurality of airbag assemblies, each of said airbag assemblies including an airbag that inflates outward; and a plurality of airbag support brackets arranged on said holder, each of said airbag support brackets retaining at least one of said airbag assemblies, said support brackets having different heights relative to a plane defined by or through said holder such that said airbags inflate at different levels relative to said plane, said holder includes a uniformly planar surface defining said plane, wherein a first set of said support brackets is arranged at a first height from said plane and a second set of said support brackets is arranged at a second height from said plane different than the height at which said first set of said support brackets is arranged, each of said first and second sets of support brackets including a plurality of support brackets. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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Specification