Patent ID: 6161866
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag module for restraint of an occupant in a vehicle. the air bag module comprising:an air bag;an inflator being activatable to discharge inflator gas for inflating the air bag, the inflator having at least one discharge port through which inflator gas is discharged;a housing having a wall adjacent the discharge port of the inflator, the housing including at least one vent opening;a moveable member alignable with the vent opening, the moveable member being moveable relative to the vent opening for opening or closing the vent opening at a predetermined time during inflator activation to control the amount of inflator gas discharged into the air bag and the amount of inflator gas expelled out through the vent opening of the housing;a device being activatable during activation of the inflator to move the moveable member relative to the vent opening at the predetermined time during inflator activation; andthe housing including an interior comprising an outwardly projecting pocket portion in which the moveable member is seated.