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Dash panel exterior mounted passenger airbag

US10040414B1 · kind B1 · utility

2Cited by

7References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

NIO USA, INC. · US

Inventors

Colin J. Stevens · San Jose, US
Jeffrey Dan Rupp · Ann Arbor, US
Christopher Eckert · San Jose, US
Alan Heriberto de la Garza Tamez · Lathrop, US
Jane Williams · Leicester, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/161
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag system is provided including an inflator mounted in a front compartment of a vehicle and a deployable or fixed chute that defines a passageway from the front compartment of the vehicle to a passenger compartment of the vehicle for an airbag cushion stored proximate the inflator to follow upon inflation of the airbag cushion.

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