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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Zf Passive Safety Systems Us Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Manuel Schaefer, Berlin, MI (US);
ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag and a fabric diffuser for directing inflation fluid from an inflator into the airbag. The fabric diffuser comprises first and second fabric panels arranged overlying each other and having portions interconnected along seams to define a pocket configured to receive the inflator. The pocket has a double layer diffuser section defined by the overlying first and second fabric panels that is configured to receive a discharge end of the inflator. The fabric diffuser is configured to be installed in the airbag. The first and second panels are configured so that a plurality of openings of the first fabric panel do not overlie a plurality of openings of the second fabric panel when the panels are interconnected so that inflation fluid travels an indirect path from inside the diffuser section to the exterior of the fabric diffuser.