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Multi-chambered air bag for a motor vehicle

  • US 7,338,070 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2005
  • Issued: 03/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An air bag for a motor vehicle, the air bag having a deflated condition in which the air bag is located within an interior vehicle surface and an inflated condition triggered by a vehicle impact event in which the air bag is located between a seat occupant and the interior vehicle surface, the air bag comprising:

  • a rear chamber having an inlet for receiving an inflation gas from an inflation gas source;

    a front chamber disposed adjacent to and in fluid communication with the rear chamber; and

    a separator disposed between the front and rear chambers, the separator adapted to communicate the inflation gas from the rear chamber to the front chamber;

    wherein when the air bag is in the inflated condition, the seat occupant initially contacts the rear chamber and then contacts the front chamber when a vehicle seat is displaced by the vehicle impact event.

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