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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Northville, MI (US);
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle airbag system comprising an airbag. The airbag may include at least one tether attached to first and second walls of the airbag, wherein each tether includes a tear seam configured to detach when the airbag is inflated with a pressure higher than a predetermined pressure. The airbag may include at least a first tether and a second tether, each tether attached to first and second walls of the airbag, wherein the first tether includes a tear seam configured to detach when the airbag is inflated with a pressure higher than a predetermined pressure. The system may further comprise a controller that may be used for determining whether to inflate an airbag with one of a high pressure and a low pressure depending on whether a detected impact is oblique.