Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Alexandra Marie Lazaros

Roland Furtado

Roy P Deutschmann

Srinivas Krishnan

Brandon Streeter

An airbag module includes a housing and an inflatable cushion structured to be received in the housing. A deployment guide is attached to the housing and is structured to be deployable from the housing to a deployed condition to guide the inflatable cushion in an associated occupant contact direction during cushion inflation. A first side tether is structured to extend along a first side of the deployment guide and includes a first portion structured to be attachable to a portion of a vehicle at a first attachment location of the first side tether. A second portion of the first side tether is attached to the deployment guide at a second attachment location of the first side tether. The second attachment location is structured to reside above the first attachment location of the first side tether.

Vehicle airbag module including tethered deployment guide

A vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag cushion. A reaction surface is configured to move between a retracted position and a deployed position upon deployment of the airbag cushion, such that the reaction surfaces will direct the airbag cushion toward an occupant area upon deployment of the airbag cushion. Multiple embodiments of reaction surfaces are disclosed, including deployable instrument panel sections, flexible straps, and hoods.

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Northville, MI, United States of America

Alexandra Marie Lazaros