An airbag assembly 10 for a vehicle 12 that includes a housing 14, an airbag 16 supported by the housing 14, a deflector 18, pivotally coupled to the housing 14, and a lock 20 between the deflector 18, and the housing 14. The lock 20 is moveable relative to the deflector 18, and the housing 14 from an unlocked position disengaged with at least one of the deflector 18, and the housing 14 to a locked position engaged with both the deflector 18, and the housing 14. The deflector may allow the airbag to deploy, without deflecting the airbag in response to one type of sensed impact, e.g., a full-width frontal impact, and may deflect the airbag in response to another type of sensed impact, e.g., oblique frontal impact.
Airbag assembly including a deflector
2018-07-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |