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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Zf Passive Safety Systems Us Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Dylan Moran, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Manuel Schaefer, Berlin, MI (US);
Ali Emambakhsh, Rochester, MI (US);
Michael Lalka, II, Macomb, MI (US);
ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a seat in a vehicle having an instrument panel and a housing positioned therein includes an airbag for positioning in the housing and defining an inflatable volume for receiving inflation fluid from an inflator. The airbag includes an occupant-facing panel. A tether has a first end connected to the occupant-facing panel for forming a pocket therein and a second end connected to a portion of the airbag positioned within the housing. The second end includes a folded-over portion. First stitching extends through the folded-over portion in a direction extending transverse to a centerline of the tether. Second stitching extends through the folded-over portion and parallel to the first stitching. The first and second stitchings are spaced a predetermined length from one another.