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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Dalphi Metal Espana S.a., Vigo, ES;
Óscar Ugarte Alba, Valladolid, ES;
DALPHI METAL ESPANA S.A., Vigo, ES;
Abstract
The invention relates to an airbag module () for a vehicle occupant restraint system (), comprising an airbag (), an inflator (), a shaping tether () for influencing the airbag deployment geometry which is connected to the airbag () at one tether end, and comprising a port release tether () which is connected to a discharge port closure () of the airbag () at one tether end, wherein the port release tether () is connected to the discharge port closure () so that it releases a discharge port () of the airbag () from a predetermined tensile tether force, and wherein an activatable tether release device () coupled both to the shaping tether () and to the port release tether () is provided for actively releasing the tethers (). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating a vehicle occupant restraint system () comprising said airbag module (), wherein airbag deployment takes place in response to predetermined basic conditions, such as in response to the weight of a vehicle occupant () and/or of a driving mode for manual or automated and, resp., autonomous driving.