Patent ID: 7448645
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag system for protecting an occupant of a vehicle, comprising: a gas generator that generates a gas in response to receiving an activation signal, the gas generator having at least one port through which the gas is expelled; an airbag having a pelvis loading portion, a shoulder loading portion and a central portion, the gas generator being assembled adjacent to the central portion and the gas being expelled directly towards a baffle that splits the gas between the pelvis loading portion and the shoulder loading portion with the gas from the central portion being expelled indirectly into the shoulder portion through the central portion; wherein the gas generator is attached to a vehicle seat back and the airbag and wherein the gas generator is positioned within the airbag with the at least one port oriented to direct the gas directly toward the baffle with which the port is aligned with a greater portion of the gas flow being directed downwardly into the pelvis loading portion and with a lesser portion of the gas flow being directed into the central portion; and wherein the airbag is defined by the pelvis loading portion that is disposed below the central portion and the shoulder loading portion that is disposed above the central portion wherein the pelvis loading portion has an upper surface that extends forwardly and downwardly from the central portion and a lower surface that extends perpendicularly relative to a vertical axis V of the airbag that is aligned lengthwise relative to the gas generator, wherein the shoulder portion has a lower surface that extends forwardly and upwardly from the central portion and an upper surface that extends perpendicularly relative to the vertical axis V of the airbag.