Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Sharon K Melia

Robert Raymond Niederman

Jeffrey Allen Welch

Todd Edward Tesch

Scott A Stober

Solomon I Islam

A support system for a folded inflatable air bag cushion deployable from a stored position over an area of extended length wherein the support system promotes the maintenance of a desired folding pattern along the length of the air bag cushion during the installation process and thereafter until deployment takes place. The support system includes one or more pliable cradle elements extending from a first support surface in cradling relation at least partially around the folded inflatable air bag cushion. The cradle elements are releasably attached to a second support surface such that upon inflation of the air bag cushion the cradle elements are detached from the second support surface and moved out of cradling relation around the inflatable air bag cushion.

Detachable support system for inflatable air bag cushion

An inflatable restraint assembly including an inflatable curtain structure deployable from a storage position along the roof rail of the vehicle so as to extend downwardly over an area within the vehicle interior adjacent to an occupant to be protected. The inflatable curtain structure is deployed downwardly along a deployment path from its storage location along the roof rail of the vehicle in substantially nonobstructing relation to shoulder harness structures and is thereafter anchored over the covered area in a substantially tensioned configuration.

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Kettering, OH, United States of America

Sharon K Melia