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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Changsoo Choi, Rochester, MI (US);
Frank Herzenstiel, Davisburg, MI (US);
Pontus Soderstrom, Rochester, MI (US);
James Jacobson, Waterford, MI (US);
Michael J. Lachat, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Russ Morris, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
AUTOLIV ASP, INC., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Airbags and airbag assemblies are disclosed that include passive adaptive venting. The disclosed embodiments include an airbag cushion to define an inflation chamber and that include a set of vents. The set of vents is disposed through a panel of the airbag cushion. The set of vents allow egress of inflation gas from the inflation chamber and to be in an open state when a degree of compression of the airbag cushion is below a threshold level. The set of vents is configured to be in a closed state and/or obstructed by a vehicle surface of a vehicle structure when the degree of compression of the airbag cushion exceeds the threshold level.