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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Jaeho Cho, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jamel E. Belwafa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edward Joseph Abramoski, Canton, MI (US);
Pardeep Kumar Jindal, Canton, MI (US);
Diamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An airbag module for a vehicle includes an inflator disposed behind an instrument panel and an airbag arrangement. The airbag arrangement includes a cushion section configured to receive an occupant during impact and a balloon section disposed proximate a base of the cushion section and adjacent the instrument panel such that, upon inflation, the balloon section contacts and pushes against the instrument panel. This forms a swell on the cushion section adjacent to the balloon section configured to hinder movement of the occupant toward the balloon section.