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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Gregory B. Manire, Oxford, MI (US);
Daniel Bujaidar, Washington, MI (US);
Chang-hwan Ju, Rochester, MI (US);
Carolynn Ann Burley, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Gregory B. Manire, Oxford, MI (US);
Daniel Bujaidar, Washington, MI (US);
Chang-Hwan Ju, Rochester, MI (US);
Carolynn Ann Burley, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
An airbag includes a fabric component defining an inflatable chamber. The airbag has an opening for receiving an inflation gas. A tubular heat shield is assembled with the airbag adjacent the opening. The tubular heat shield is a sheet of a flexible material rolled to form a tube and fixed to the airbag inside the airbag. The tubular heat shield has a passage for receiving at least a portion of an inflator. The flexible material of the tubular heat shield is selected from a group of materials consisting of fabrics, polymers, metals and metal alloys.