Patent ID: 8973942
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An active bolster for mounting at an interior trim surface of a passenger compartment in an automotive vehicle, comprising: a plastic-molded, expandable front wall for deploying toward a passenger in the passenger compartment; a plastic-molded back wall joined around a substantially sealed perimeter with the front wall to form an inflatable bladder, wherein the back wall includes an inflator receptacle defined by a raised recess wall having an inflator aperture; and an inflator having a gas outlet end and an electrical connector end; wherein the inflator is received in the inflator aperture with the gas outlet end inside the inflatable bladder; wherein the recess wall has a predetermined thickness for substantially retaining shape during inflation of the bladder; and wherein the inflator receptacle includes a flexible seal disposed around an inner edge of the inflator aperture comprised of a flashing edge bearing against the inflator and having a thickness less than the predetermined thickness of the recess wall to form a variable vent.