Patent 10040414 was granted and assigned to NIO (car company) on August, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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.