Trw Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

Serena M Lynch

Ali Emam Bakhsh

Thanh H Quach

Mike P Pionk

An apparatus () helps to protect an occupant () of a vehicle () that has a side structure () and a roof (). The apparatus () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () that has a stored condition for being positioned along the vehicle roof (). The protection device () is inflatable away from the vehicle roof () to a deployed condition positioned between the side structure () and a vehicle occupant (). The protection device () further comprises a portion () for receiving an elongated member () for helping to place the protection device in the stored condition.

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Munger, MI, United States of America

Serena M Lynch