Air bag with externally mounted tether

Details Air bag with externally mounted tether Air bag with externally mounted tether

1996-05-03

1998-06-16

Culbreth, Eric D.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

2807431, B60R 2116

Patent

active

057658676

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle occupant safety device using: an air bag module (22) including: a housing (24) having a plurality of walls (26a,b) defining a cavity (32) and an open end (30); an air bag (50) received within the cavity, and within the open end in a folded configuration and when inflated by inflation gas expands through the open end to an inflated configuration sufficient to protect the occupant; an inflator (40) operatively received with the housing (24) for providing inflation gas to inflate the air bag; and an external tether (70) enveloping the air bag, including at least one open sided breakable band for initially retarding the forward motion of the inflating air bag toward the occupant and for permitting the inflating air bag to inflate laterally or sideways while its forward motion is retarded and thereafter after the band is fully opened, to permit the air bag to inflate forwardly without retardation.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3879056 (1975-04-01), Kawashima et al.
patent: 5004266 (1991-04-01), Miller et al.
patent: 5062644 (1991-11-01), Bishop et al.
patent: 5335936 (1994-08-01), Faigle et al.
patent: 5447329 (1995-09-01), Hamada
patent: 5498023 (1996-03-01), Adams et al.

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