US 12,083,983 B2
Passenger airbag module with transverse tether
Radoslaw Rudkowski, Dolnoslaskie (PL); Karolina Lukasik, Dolnoslaskie (PL); Martyna Maciejewska, Olawa (PL); Daria Michalowicz, Olawa (PL); and Agnieszka Bobryk, Olawa (PL)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,533.
Claims priority of application No. 102021131570.0 (DE), filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166684 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/2338 (2013.01) [B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23386 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger airbag module comprising:
an airbag cushion comprising an outer skin and side panels enclosing a chamber, the side panels defining a shape of the airbag cushion when the airbag cushion is fully deployed, the side panels each having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion substantially perpendicular to the horizontal portion such that the outer skin when fully deployed has a first portion extending in a horizontal direction and a second portion extending from a distal end of the first portion in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontal direction, the first portion including a proximal end adjacent a housing and the distal end which is farther from the housing than the proximal end,
a structural member comprising the housing into which the airbag cushion is folded when the airbag cushion is in a resting state, said structural member being adapted for being mounted to a dashboard of a vehicle, and said housing extending in a transverse direction from a first end to a second end,
an inflator in fluid communication to the chamber,
wherein the fully deployed outer skin extends in the transverse direction from a third end to a fourth end, and
wherein a transverse tether is provided outside the chamber, said transverse tether extending from a fifth end connected to the outer skin substantially only in the transverse direction to a sixth end connected to at least one of the outer skin and the structural member, and wherein the transverse tether abuts a downward-facing external surface of the first portion of the fully deployed outer skin along an entire length of the transverse tether.