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Overhead airbag assemblies

  • US 10,246,043 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2017
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag assembly comprising:

  • a housing assembly to be mounted at one of a headrest and a seatback and above a vehicle occupant position of a vehicle;

    an inflator; and

    an inflatable cushion that defines a void that is configured to receive inflation gas from the inflator to expand the inflatable cushion from a packaged state within the housing assembly to a deployed state, wherein the inflatable cushion is configured to deploy around a portion of the vehicle occupant position, the inflatable cushion comprising;

    a first lateral chamber to deploy at a first lateral side of the vehicle occupant position;

    a second lateral chamber to deploy at a second lateral side disposed opposite of the first lateral side; and

    a frontal chamber to deploy to be disposed between the first and second lateral chambers and forward of the vehicle occupant position, the frontal chamber configured to receive a head and at least a portion of a torso of a vehicle occupant moving from the vehicle occupant position in a forward direction relative to the vehicle during a vehicle impact event,wherein the frontal chamber is configured to rotate forward independent of the first and second lateral chambers.

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