Autoliv Asp, Incorporated

Hideaki Tanaka

Xiaohong Wang

Takayuki Makioka

Paul Douglas Hicken

Leron DuWayne Lechtenberg

An inflatable airbag system can be configured to be mounted to a frontal region of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes an airbag and a positioning member, and is configured to deploy in various configurations in response to frontal and oblique collision events. The positioning member can include a tether or an inflatable member.

Frontal airbag systems and uses thereof

An airbag assembly may include an airbag cushion that can be deployed to cover a portion of the dashboard of a vehicle adjacent another portion of the dashboard that is covered by a deployed front airbag. In some embodiments, airbag cushions may be housed beneath a seating surface of an occupant and deploy inboard of the housing to cover a portion of the dashboard. Such airbags may provide increased protection to front seat occupants who move in an oblique direction, both forward and inboard, during a collision event.

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South Ogden, UT, United States of America

Hideaki Tanaka