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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Laura A. Hawthorn, Tipp City, OH (US);
Mark T. Winters, Troy, OH (US);
Jason W. Brown, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Ryan T. Pinsenschaum, Dayton, OH (US);
James L. Webber, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Laura A. Hawthorn, Tipp City, OH (US);
Mark T. Winters, Troy, OH (US);
Jason W. Brown, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Ryan T. Pinsenschaum, Dayton, OH (US);
James L. Webber, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An air bag module, comprising: a housing having at least one vent opening; an inflatable cushion being stored in an un-deployed position in the housing; an inflator for inflating the inflatable cushion, the inflator being in fluid communication with the inflatable cushion and having a plurality of inflation openings for allowing an inflation gas to pass therethrough, at least one of the plurality of inflation openings being in fluid communication with the at least one vent opening; a deployable member being secured to an interior surface of the inflatable cushion at one end and a portion of the airbag module at the other end; wherein the deployable member is configured to allow venting through the at least one vent opening when the inflatable cushion is in the un-deployed position and the at least one vent opening is covered by the deployable member when the inflatable cushion inflates towards a fully deployed position.