Patent ID: 8505970

Claim:
An airbag cushion for a vehicle, comprising: a cushion body; a plurality of vent holes formed in the cushion body at opposing positions; a plurality of tubes connected to the cushion body in such a way that the tubes communicate with the respective vent holes, the tubes being deployed out of the vent holes by deployment of the cushion body so that gas is discharged out of the cushion body through the tubes; and a tether directly connecting the tubes to each other, the tether being severed when a pressure in the cushion body reaches a predetermined threshold; wherein a second portion of each of the tubes is attached to the cushion body and a first portion of the each of the tubes is attached to the tether; wherein an inner diameter in the first portion of each of the tubes is smaller than an inner diameter in the second portion thereof when the tether is severed; and wherein the tether has a perforated line to facilitate the severing of the tether.