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Airbag module

  • US 7,942,444 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2008
  • Issued: 05/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An airbag device configured to deploy along an interior side of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:

  • an inflatable airbag including a plurality of inflatable chambers;

    wherein each of the chambers are formed by seams joining adjacent sides of the airbag;

    wherein one of the inflatable chambers is tethered to another portion of the airbag by a connection member;

    wherein the airbag is configured so that when the airbag inflates the airbag bends along a seam of the tethered chamber and the tethered chamber deploys substantially outboard an adjacent one of the plurality of inflatable chambers;

    wherein the airbag device further comprises a constricted gas passage to the tethered chamber; and

    wherein the gas passage is configured so that the tethered chamber fills after the other ones of the plurality of inflatable chambers.

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