The present disclosure generally relates to a three-chambered airbag and associated system. The three-chambered airbag may comprise pressure differentials between the different chambers.

An inflatable airbag system can be configured to be mounted to a frontal region of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes an airbag and an active control mechanism, and is configured to deploy in various configurations in response to frontal and oblique collision events. An active portion of the inflatable airbag deploys to an expanded configuration when a collision event is an oblique collision event and deploys to a less expanded configuration when the collision event is a frontal collision event. The active control mechanism can include one or more tethers or an inflatable member.

An inflatable airbag system provides cushioning restraint of a vehicle occupant during an impact event of a vehicle. The airbag system can be configured to be mounted to a frontal region of a vehicle. The airbag system includes an inflatable airbag and a selectively actuatable vent that can be actuated in response to detection of an oblique impact event and/or a small overlap collision event. The selectively actuatable vent is actuated to open to provide additional venting and thus a lower pressure within the inflatable airbag. A lower pressure can reduce force and momentum on the vehicle occupant's head at an offset angled contact with the airbag. A lower pressure may also prevent the occupant from deflecting or rolling off of an airbag and colliding with other surfaces within the vehicle.

An airbag assembly including an inflator to supply inflation gas and an airbag cushion configured to expand and deploy toward a seating position of a vehicle, the airbag cushion including a main chamber, a secondary chamber coupled to the main chamber, and a tether passing through the main chamber into the secondary chamber, wherein the tether is configured to be released to allow the secondary chamber to be inflated.

A system includes a seat moveable between an upright position and a reclined position, and an airbag module mounted to the seat. The airbag module includes an airbag inflator, an airbag, and a panel attached to a folded portion of the airbag. A tether is coupled to the folded portion via the panel, the tether being retracted relative to the airbag module when the seat is in the upright position and extended when the seat is in the reclined position.

A control method for deploying airbags includes a model-securing step of acquiring learning data reflecting a state of an in-vehicle person and securing a deep learning model by learning a deep learning network on the basis of the acquired learning data by means of a controller, an imaging step of imaging the in-vehicle person by means of a detector, a determining step of determining the state of the in-vehicle person by inputting image data of the imaged in-vehicle person into the deep learning network and by performing operations by means of the controller to determine the state of the in-vehicle person based on an output of the deep learning network which is based on the inputted image data, and a deployment control step of deploying an air bag in different ways, via the controller, depending on the state of the in-vehicle person when a collision accident occurs.

A vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a seatback and a seat bottom defining an occupant-seating area. The vehicle includes an airbag housing having a first arm fixed to the seatback and a second arm rotatable from the seatback toward the seat bottom adjacent the occupant-seating area. An airbag extends from the first arm to the second arm. The airbag is fixed to the first arm and the second arm. The vehicle includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect a removeable child-restraint system (CRS) on the occupant-seating area, and based on the detection of the removeable CRS on the occupant-seating area, inflate the airbag in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.

A safety system for an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag selectably inflatable by an inflator operably connected to the airbag, one or more deployment mechanisms operably connected to the airbag to control deployment of the airbag, and a controller operably connected to the one or more deployment mechanisms. The controller is configured to modify operation of the one or more deployment mechanisms as a result of detecting one or more characteristics of the occupant. A method of operating a safety system for vehicle occupant includes detecting one or more characteristics of an occupant of a seat of the vehicle, adjusting one or more deployment mechanisms of the safety system as a result of the one or more characteristics, and deploying an airbag operably connected to the one or more deployment mechanisms. Adjustment of the one or more deployment mechanisms modifies deployment of the airbag.