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OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM

  • US 3,788,665 A
  • Filed: 05/12/1971
  • Issued: 01/29/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An occupant restraint system comprising, in combination, a source of pressure fluid, an elongated diffuser assembly communicable with the source for receipt of pressure fluid therefrom and including a plurality of axially spaced partial circumferentially extending slots providing a pressure fluid outlet from the diffuser assembly, an occupant restraint cushion of flexible material including a planar wall portion having an elongated slit therein defined by abutting edges of integral portions of the wall portion, means interconnecting the cushion and the diffuser assembly and locating the slit of the cushion in immediate adjacent transverse relationship to the slots, the integral portions of the wall portion of the cushion being deflected inwardly of the cushion by the pressure fluid from the diffuser assembly to move the edges thereof out of abutting relationship and open the slit to communicate the diffuser assembly with the cushion and inflate the cushion, and means sealing the integral portions of the wall portion of the cushion around the slit to the diffuser assembly upon inflation of the cushion and return of the edges of the integral wall portions to abutting relationships.

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