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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Jeffery S. Coon, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Chang-hwan Ju, Rochester, MI (US);
Prabhakar Padiyar, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kenneth D. Moniaci, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jeffery S. Coon, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Chang-Hwan Ju, Rochester, MI (US);
Prabhakar Padiyar, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kenneth D. Moniaci, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heigts, MI (US);
Abstract
A curtain air bag module () comprising an air bag () having at least one inflatable region with internally configured internal tethers, at least one of the internal tethers disposed at an angle to a stream of inflation gas. The air bag includes a distribution tube located proximate a top portion of the at least one inflatable region of the air bag, the tube having a first end adapted to receive inflation gas, the distribution tube including at least one set of openings proximate each of the at least one inflatable regions for communication of inflation gas to these regions, the at least one internal tether disposed at an oblique angle to the distribution tube.