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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Sadanand N. Raikar, Bangalore, IN;
Mukesh Amin, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey J. Schultz, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Stephen J. Cassatta, Wixom, MI (US);
Louis Shaun Campbell, Waterford, MI (US);
Sandy Dean Mabery, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An occupant restraint system of a vehicle includes a roof rail airbag that is located at a roof rail of the vehicle and above a door of the vehicle and that is configured to deploy in an outboard direction. A deployment device, when triggered, deploys the roof rail airbag. An actuator, when triggered, actuates a deployable reaction surface (i) from a first state where the deployable reaction surface is stowed behind interior door trim and does not block any part of a window opening of the door when viewed from inboard of the deployable reaction surface (ii) to a second state where the deployable reaction surface blocks at least a portion of the window opening of the door when viewed from inboard of the deployable reaction surface.