Passenger airbag with extended base
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- an instrument panel; and
an airbag module including a passenger side frontal airbag and an inflator disposed behind the instrument panel, the airbag defining, when inflated, a cushion section configured to receive an occupant torso during driver side oblique impacts and a balloon section configured to, during inflation, press against the instrument panel to propel the cushion section in a direction away from a passenger side to shift a position of the cushion section toward a driver side.
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Abstract
An airbag module for a vehicle includes an inflator disposed behind an instrument panel and an airbag arrangement. The airbag arrangement includes a cushion section configured to receive an occupant during impact and a balloon section disposed proximate a base of the cushion section and adjacent the instrument panel such that, upon inflation, the balloon section contacts and pushes against the instrument panel. This forms a swell on the cushion section adjacent to the balloon section configured to hinder movement of the occupant toward the balloon section.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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an instrument panel; and an airbag module including a passenger side frontal airbag and an inflator disposed behind the instrument panel, the airbag defining, when inflated, a cushion section configured to receive an occupant torso during driver side oblique impacts and a balloon section configured to, during inflation, press against the instrument panel to propel the cushion section in a direction away from a passenger side to shift a position of the cushion section toward a driver side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An airbag module for a vehicle comprising:
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an inflator disposed behind an instrument panel; and a passenger side frontal airbag arrangement including a cushion section configured to receive an occupant torso during driver side oblique impacts and a balloon section disposed proximate a base of the cushion section and adjacent the instrument panel such that, upon inflation, the balloon section contacts and pushes against the instrument panel to propel the cushion section in a direction away from a passenger side to form a swell on the cushion section adjacent to the balloon section configured to hinder movement of the occupant toward a driver side. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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