Patent ID: 6945556
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag system for use in an automobile passenger compartment comprising: an airbag having a given length comprising an inlet and a sewn outer shell, a perforated cloth diffuser and a perforated cushion deflector disposed internal to said outer shell, wherein said cushion deflector is disposed internal to said cloth diffuser, said cushion deflector comprises at least one gas flow attenuating orifice that provides for attenuating gas flow across said cloth diffuser, said cloth diffuser contains a plurality of gas distribution holes disposed across a portion of the length of said airbag, and said at least one gas flow attenuating orifice provides for attenuating gas flow from said inlet to a subset less than all of said gas distribution holes; and a gas inflation device attached to the inlet of said airbag, the inlet in fluid communication with said perforated cushion deflector and said perforated cloth diffuser.