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Steering wheel mounted aspirated airbag system

  • US 9,039,038 B2
  • Filed: 08/11/2014
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An aspirator for an airbag deploying into a vehicle passenger compartment, comprising:

  • a housing comprising an innermost and an outermost wall, said housing defining an inlet at a proximal end and an outlet at a distal end leading to the airbag and a plurality of coaxial flow passages between said innermost and outermost walls into which air from a passenger compartment flows to inflate the airbag; and

    an aspiration system for directing gas into said flow passages to mix with the air from the passenger compartment in said flow passages, said aspiration system including openings on an inner side of said outermost wall and on an outer side of said innermost wall.

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