Patent ID: 9676355
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. An inflatable airbag system that is configured to be mounted to a steering wheel of a vehicle, the inflatable airbag system comprising: an airbag cushion comprising a base cushion portion and an active cushion portion, the base cushion portion and the active cushion portion forming separate chambers in fluid communication, the base cushion portion to receive inflation gas to deploy in an expanded state to provide cushioning restraint to an occupant during a collision event, the active cushion portion disposed on a surface of the base cushion portion that faces an occupant seating position of the vehicle; an active control mechanism to cause the airbag cushion to deploy in a first configuration if the collision event is a frontal collision event and to cause the airbag cushion to deploy in a second configuration if the collision event is an oblique collision event, wherein the active cushion portion is in an expanded state in the second configuration; and a tear seam disposed in a panel of the airbag cushion at the active cushion portion of the airbag, the tear seam configured to burst in response to the active control mechanism deploying the airbag cushion in the second configuration to allow the active cushion portion of the airbag to conform to the second configuration.