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Frontal airbag systems and uses thereof

  • US 10,457,239 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2017
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inflatable airbag system that is configured to be mounted at a frontal region of a vehicle, the inflatable airbag system comprising:

  • an inflatable airbag cushion configured to expand and deploy out of a first housing from a packaged configuration to a deployed configuration to provide occupant crash protection during a collision event, wherein the first housing is configured to be mounted to a steering wheel of a vehicle; and

    an inflatable support member configured to deploy out of a second housing from a packaged configuration and to expand upward and rearward over a steering wheel to a deployed configuration, wherein the inflatable support member in the deployed configuration is configured to contact the inflatable airbag cushion in the deployed configuration and urge a portion of the inflatable airbag cushion in a car-rearward direction that is towards an occupant of the vehicle.

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