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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Judson B Estes, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137849 ; 280740 ; 383 45 ;
Abstract
A valve for controlling a port in an air bag comprises a circular valve disk secured over the port. The disk has a circular mounting ring. Flexible valve elements extend radially inwardly from the ring. Each valve element is in the form of a wedge-shaped leaf with opposite side edges tapering radially inwardly to a point at the center of the ring. The valve is closed when the side edges of adjacent leaves are in contact. When the air bag deploys, the pressure of air in the bag flexes the leaves outwardly to open the valve.