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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
Zf Passive Safety Systems Us Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Dylan P. Moran, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard C. Patton, Ortonville, MI (US);
Avadhoot R. Paranjpe, Shelby Township, MI (US);
ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag inflatable from a stored condition in which the airbag is rolled and/or folded to a deployed condition in which the curtain airbag is positioned between a side structure of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The curtain airbag comprises an inflator mouth configured to receive an inflator. The curtain airbag comprises a bracket tab proximate to the inflator mouth and configured to receive an inflator bracket. A tether has first and second end portions. The first end portion of the tether is connected to a portion of the curtain airbag adjacent to the bracket tab. The second end portion of the tether is connected to the bracket tab.