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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Balaskandan Shankar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Balaskandan Shankar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/207 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Inflatable side airbags are employed to cushion an occupant in the event of a side impact. An occupant's outboard arm may become trapped between a deploying side airbag and the occupant's torso. This situation may cause injury to the occupant's ribs. Side airbags can be engineered such that the occupant's arm is moved out of the way by the airbag during deployment.