US 11,904,787 B1
Forward mount compact passenger airbag module with passive gas modulation
Spencer William Chavez, Linden, MI (US)
Assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,409.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/205 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/215 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/205 (2013.01) [B60R 21/215 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23308 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23324 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
an inflator; and
a cushion operably connected to the inflator including a plurality of sealed cushion segments interconnected by a plurality of cushion joints;
wherein the activation of the inflator dispenses a flow of inflation gas into the cushion to sequentially inflate the plurality of sealed cushion segments from a stowed state to a deployed state;
wherein at at least one cushion joint of the plurality of cushion joints, a first sealed cushion segment extends in a first direction from the at least one cushion joint, a second sealed cushion segment extends in a second direction from the at least one cushion joint, and a third sealed cushion segment extends in a third direction from the at least one cushion joint;
wherein the first sealed cushion segment and the second sealed cushion segment define a first acute angle therebetween; and
wherein the second sealed cushion segment and the third sealed cushion segment define a second acute angle therebetween.