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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
May. 09, 2005
Weigang Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Yan Fu, Canton, MI (US);
Baohua Xiao, Canton, MI (US);
Marwan Ahmad El-bkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Weigang Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Yan Fu, Canton, MI (US);
Baohua Xiao, Canton, MI (US);
Marwan Ahmad El-Bkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An airbag restraint for an automotive vehicle includes generally circular front and rear panels, and an inflator attached to the rear panel and acting through an inflator aperture formed in the rear panel. At least one internally tethered section extends laterally along a chord of the front panel at a position at or near the projected location of the inflator. The internally tethered section is defined and shaped by more than one laterally extending tether extending between the front and rear panels of the airbag.