Patent ID: 11904787
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
an inflator; and
a cushion operably connected to the inflator including a plurality of sealed cushion segments interconnected by a plurality of cushion joints;
wherein the activation of the inflator dispenses a flow of inflation gas into the cushion to sequentially inflate the plurality of sealed cushion segments from a stowed state to a deployed state;
wherein at at least one cushion joint of the plurality of cushion joints, a first sealed cushion segment extends in a first direction from the at least one cushion joint, a second sealed cushion segment extends in a second direction from the at least one cushion joint, and a third sealed cushion segment extends in a third direction from the at least one cushion joint;
wherein the first sealed cushion segment and the second sealed cushion segment define a first acute angle therebetween; and
wherein the second sealed cushion segment and the third sealed cushion segment define a second acute angle therebetween.