Patent ID: 7891705

Claim:
A tension cushion air bag comprising: an outer chamber configured to receive a gas such that the outer chamber has an inflated volume, wherein the outer chamber is formed by a front panel, a rear panel and an inner side panel; and an inner chamber formed by the front panel, the inner side panel and a front panel patch mounted to the front panel, wherein the inner chamber comprises a non-inflated volume which is formed as a result of the inflated volume of the outer chamber, and wherein when the airbag is inflated the front panel patch is pulled taut across the inner chamber in order to absorb the energy of an occupant, wherein the inner side panel forms a frustrum shape for the inner chamber; and wherein the front panel patch comprises an elastic material, and further wherein a diameter of the front panel patch in a non-stretched state is less than a length which the front panel patch covers when the tension cushion air bag is deployed.