Anti-roll driver side airbag tether
First Claim
1. In a driver'"'"'s side automotive airbag mounted within a steering wheel and including a base portion having a central opening for receiving an inflator and a top portion joined to said base portion by an encircling peripheral seam to form a cushion inflatable to cover said steering wheel and extending from a region forward of said steering wheel to a region rearward of said steering wheel, the improvement which comprises:
- a flexible tether enclosed within said cushion and having a first end anchored substantially centrally of said base portion and a second end secured in said peripheral seam at said forward region and wherein the first end of the flexible tether anchored substantially centrally of the base portion is anchored on a side of the central opening such that the flexible tether extends across the central opening.
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Abstract
A driver'"'"'s side airbag has an internal tether to prevent displacement forwardly of, or upwardly from, the steering wheel. The tether has one end secured substantially centrally of the bottom of the bag. The other end is secured in the peripheral seam joining the bottom and top halves of the bag and at a location forward of the steering wheel.
19 Citations
10 Claims
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1. In a driver'"'"'s side automotive airbag mounted within a steering wheel and including a base portion having a central opening for receiving an inflator and a top portion joined to said base portion by an encircling peripheral seam to form a cushion inflatable to cover said steering wheel and extending from a region forward of said steering wheel to a region rearward of said steering wheel, the improvement which comprises:
a flexible tether enclosed within said cushion and having a first end anchored substantially centrally of said base portion and a second end secured in said peripheral seam at said forward region and wherein the first end of the flexible tether anchored substantially centrally of the base portion is anchored on a side of the central opening such that the flexible tether extends across the central opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a driver'"'"'s side automotive airbag module including an inflator and an airbag mounted within a steering wheel, the airbag including a base portion having a central opening receiving the inflator and a top portion joined to said base portion by an encircling peripheral seam to form a cushion inflatable to cover said steering wheel and extending from a region forward of said steering wheel to a region rearward of said steering wheel, the improvement which comprises:
a flexible tether enclosed within said cushion and having a first end anchored substantially centrally of said base portion and a second end secured in said peripheral seam at said forward region and wherein the first end of the flexible tether anchored substantially centrally of the base portion is anchored on a side of the central opening such that the flexible tether extends across the central opening. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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