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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
AL A. Saberan, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Ayad G. Nayef, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Al A. Saberan, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Ayad G. Nayef, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () helps to protect an occupant of a vehicle () that has a windshield () and a roof () including a front header (). The apparatus () includes an inflatable windshield curtain () inflatable away from the roof () to a position between the windshield () and a vehicle occupant. The windshield curtain () has a stored condition in which the windshield curtain is positioned in a recess () that extends into a forward facing surface () of the front header ().