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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jaeho Cho, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jamel E. Belwafa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a dash panel and an airbag module disposed behind the dash panel. The airbag module includes an airbag assembly that defines, upon inflation in a presence of a passenger, a primary chamber adjacent to a passenger side of the vehicle and configured to cushion the passenger upon impact, and a secondary chamber attached to the primary chamber, arranged adjacent to a center of the vehicle, and configured to catch the passenger after impact. The secondary chamber has an end portion disposed adjacent to the passenger and a base opposite and wider than the end portion arranged to sit against the dash panel to orient the airbag assembly relative to the passenger.