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Pillar-mounted frontal airbag

  • US 6,808,198 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2002
  • Issued: 10/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag module for protecting a vehicle occupant, the airbag module comprising:

  • an inflator; and

    an airbag cushion having an inflation orifice, wherein the inflator is coupled to the airbag cushion at the inflation orifice, the airbag module being adapted to be installed into a side pillar of a vehicle;

    wherein the airbag cushion is sufficiently elongated in shape and folded such that when the airbag module is installed in a side pillar of a vehicle, initiation of the inflator causes the airbag cushion to first inflate substantially laterally along a windshield of the vehicle between a vehicle occupant and a structure of the vehicle, and to subsequently inflate the airbag cushion substantially toward the vehicle occupant.

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