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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Zf Passive Safety Systems Us Inc., Washington Township, MI (US);
Young Kim, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jason Bare, Macomb, MI (US);
ZF Passive Safety Systems US Inc., Washington Township, MI (US);
Abstract
An airbag system for a vehicle body includes an inflator and an airbag wherein the inflator is mounted on the vehicle body. The airbag includes a plurality of mounting portions, an inflatable main portion and a supplemental portion integral to the inflatable main portion at an upper edge of the inflatable main portion. The inflatable main portion includes an outboard interface side and an inboard engagement side while the supplemental portion includes an outboard vehicle side and an inboard interface side which is disposed adjacent to a portion of the outboard interface side of the inflatable main portion. The inflatable main portion is configured to deploy inboard of a vehicle window while the supplemental portion is configured to deploy between an upper region of the inflatable main portion and an upper vehicle rail thereby urging an upper region of the inflatable main portion toward an inboard direction.