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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Donald James Paxton, Romeo, MI (US);
Michael Brian Kutchey, Ortonville, MI (US);
David Robert Palm, Jr., Davisburg, MI (US);
Dion Karl-Axel Kruse, Alingsås, SE;
Russell Scott Gans, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Christina Renee Morris, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
AUTOLIV ASP, INC., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and systems for supplementing a primary airbag cushion, particularly during oblique angle vehicle impacts. Some embodiments may comprise an airbag module comprising an airbag cushion and a supplemental airbag support system configured to provide support to at least one of the airbag cushion and a vehicle occupant during oblique angle impact events. The supplemental airbag support system may comprise a deployable support structure configured to deploy adjacent to the airbag cushion during a vehicle impact event. The deployable support structure may be configured to supplement impact support provided by the airbag cushion during oblique angle vehicle impact events.