Patent ID: 9376086
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. An airbag module comprising: a first shell enclosing a first gas compartment, the first shell having a compressed state and an expanded state; a first inflator for filling the first gas compartment, an adaptive influencing device, for actively influencing ventilation of the first gas compartment or the shape of the first shell, an actuation unit for actuating the influencing device, the actuation unit having a second shell enclosing a second gas compartment, the second shell having a compressed state and an expanded state, and a gas source for filling the second gas compartment, wherein a state of the influencing device changes when the second gas compartment is filled by the gas source and the second shell transitions from the compressed state to the expanded state, and a tensioning element, which is a separate component from the second shell, the tensioning element having a first end coupled to the adaptive influencing device, or forms at least a portion of the adaptive influencing device, and having a second end coupled to the second shell of the actuation device when the second gas compartment is not filled by the gas source, and the tensioning element is decoupled from the second shell when the second gas compartment is filled by the gas source; wherein gas from the second gas compartment will not vent external to the first shell.