Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Daniel B Winiger

Johnathan D Norman

Neal W Luginbill

Yoshihiko Morita

Toru Kobayashi

Simon Hon-Sok Yu

Douglas E Haunhorst

Robert M Ray, Iii

Cari Schimpff

A vehicle storage compartment assembly including a housing defining a storage compartment with an upward facing opening, a first closure pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a pivot closed position and a pivot open position, and a second closure slidably and pivotally mounted to the housing for movement among a slide closed position, a slide open position and a pivot open position. The first closure covers a first portion of the upward facing opening when in the pivot closed position and the second closure covers a second portion of the upward facing opening when in the slide closed position.

Vehicle storage compartment assembly

A method of folding together a vehicle side curtain airbag is provided that includes bending a base section of an extended air bag toward the outboard side of the vehicle and fully over onto a middle section of the air bag located directly above the base section. The adjacent base and middle sections are then rolled, as a group, by first moving a crease line between the base and middle sections toward the outboard side of the vehicle, then curling the crease line back toward the unrolled portion of the base and middle sections and then rolling the remainder of the unrolled portion of the base and middle sections. A top section of the airbag is collapsed in a pleated manner.

Method for storing a side curtain air bag

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East Liberty, OH, United States of America

Daniel B Winiger