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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2023
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Roland Dominic Furtado, Novi, MI (US);
Srinivas Krishnan, Troy, MI (US);
Roy Peter Deutschmann, South Lyon, MI (US);
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Abstract
An airbag tether separation system includes an airbag tether separator having an explosive and a housing including a wall with at least one space formed in the wall. The tether separator is structured so that, when the explosive is activated, the explosive produces shockwaves causing separation of a portion of a tether extending between the explosive and the wall. At least a portion of the shockwaves also pass into the at least one space, from where they may pass through the space away from a separation region of the tether and to an exterior of the housing, or be reflected in a direction away from the separation region of the tether.