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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Roy Peter Deutschmann, South Lyon, MI (US);
Brandon Dean Streeter, Howell, MI (US);
Alexandra Marie Lazaros, Northville, MI (US);
Srinivas Krishnan, Troy, MI (US);
Roland Dominic Furtado, Novi, MI (US);
Toyoda Gosei Co., LTD., Kiyosu, JP;
Abstract
An airbag module includes a housing and an inflatable cushion structured to be received in the housing. A deployment guide is attached to the housing and is structured to be deployable from the housing to a deployed condition to guide the inflatable cushion in an associated occupant contact direction during cushion inflation. A first side tether is structured to extend along a first side of the deployment guide and includes a first portion structured to be attachable to a portion of a vehicle at a first attachment location of the first side tether. A second portion of the first side tether is attached to the deployment guide at a second attachment location of the first side tether. The second attachment location is structured to reside above the first attachment location of the first side tether.