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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Gregory S Bayley, Dryden, MI (US);
Paul A Bowers, Ray, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a vehicle roof structure (12) and a motorized deployment assembly (40, 42). The roof structure (12) includes a roof panel (14) and a head liner (16) which conceals the roof panel (14) from view in a vehicle occupant compartment (17). The motorized deployment assembly (40, 42) is operatively engaged with the head liner (16), and is actuatable to move the head liner (16) downward away from the roof panel (14) to a deployed position in which the head liner (16) can restrain movement of a vehicle occupant upward toward the roof panel (14). The apparatus further includes means (44, 46) for sensing and responding to a vehicle crash by actuating the motorized deployment assembly (40, 42).