Patent ID: 7347444

Claim:
An inflatable airbag assembly, comprising: a first fabric panel; a second fabric panel attached to the first fabric panel, the first and second fabric panels defining a first inflatable cushion; a third fabric panel attached to the second fabric panel, the second and third fabric panels defining a second inflatable cushion; a seal separating the first inflatable cushion from the second inflatable cushion preventing fluid communication between the first and second inflatable cushions; and an inflator inflator assembly positioned within the airbag system comprising a gas guide with a tapered cylindrical body wall, the gas guide intersects both the first inflatable cushion and the second inflatable cushion, wherein the gas guide comprises at least one outlet opening in the tapered cylindrical body wall positioned within the first inflatable cushion, wherein the seal separating the first inflatable cushion and the second inflatable cushion leaves a small space through which the gas guide projects, wherein once the gas guide is in position, the first cushion and the second cushion are sealed off so that inflation gas may not pass between the first cushion and the second cushion.