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Interlocking vehicle airbags

  • US 9,802,568 B1
  • Filed: 09/04/2015
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

  • a first airbag having a first shape; and

    second airbags each provided adjacent to the first airbag and each having a second shape such that the first shape and the second shapes are configured to interlock, overlap and make contact with one another,wherein the first airbag is deployed prior to the second airbags when an area of a surface of the first airbag configured to contact an object and oriented away from the vehicle is greater than an area of a surface of the first airbag oriented towards the vehicle and the first airbag is deployed after the second airbags when the area of the surface of the first airbag configured to contact the object and oriented away from the vehicle is less than the area of the surface of the first airbag oriented towards the vehicle.

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