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Airbag deployment trajectory control mechanism and method

  • US 10,343,643 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2017
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A passive restraint system, the system comprising:

  • an airbag that is capable of deploying upon impact to restrain a body of at least one occupant;

    at least one trajectory control tube adhered to the airbag, the at least one trajectory control tube capable of guiding a deployment trajectory of the airbag;

    a compartment that initially houses the airbag and the at least one trajectory control tube, wherein the compartment is configured to be breached by inflation of the at least one trajectory control tube and/or inflation of the airbag; and

    a diffuser plate having a first set of holes configured to channel gas to the airbag and having a second set of holes configured to channel gas to the at least one trajectory control tube, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first set of holes is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second set of holes.

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