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Frontal airbag assemblies

  • US 10,266,145 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2017
  • Issued: 04/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A frontal restraint air cushion comprising:

  • one or more panels forming the frontal restraint air cushion and defining an inflatable chamber to receive inflation gas and expand the frontal restraint air cushion to deploy from a packaged state at a vehicle roof of a passenger compartment of a vehicle downward to a deployed state that is at least partially disposed between the vehicle and a vehicle seating position; and

    an occupant impact zone formed by an opening at an inner area of the frontal restraint air cushion extending from a rearward surface to a forward surface, the opening defining a free end of the occupant impact zone and a fixed end of the occupant impact zone such that the free end is pivotable relative to the fixed end, the occupant impact zone to be positioned in the deployed state of the cushion to receive a head of an occupant moving from the vehicle seating position primarily in a forward direction relative to the vehicle during a vehicle impact event, the occupant impact zone to deflect forward with impact of the head of the occupant.

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