Patent ID: 8388019

Claim:
An airbag module comprising: an inflatable airbag; and an inflator configured to provide gas to inflate the airbag; wherein the airbag comprises first and second panels positioned on opposite sides of an inflatable chamber; wherein each of the first and second panels include a peripheral portion and an interior portion; wherein a portion of each interior portion is a covered portion; wherein a portion outside of each covered portion of a respective interior portion of the first and second panels is connected together to thereby limit inflation of a portion of the inflatable chamber; wherein the airbag is configured so that the connection between the interior portions is released during inflation of the airbag in order to permit an increase in volume of the inflatable chamber; and wherein the connection between the interior portions of the first and second panels includes a plurality of stitched seams that are each configured to extend from a first end in an upper portion of the inflatable chamber that is central to a width of the inflatable chamber and abutting or extending from an upper and outer edge of the airbag to a second end at about a mid-height portion of the inflatable chamber that is forward along the width of the inflatable chamber.