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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Kurt F. Fischer, Leonard, MI (US);
Heather R. Kramer, Macomb, MI (US);
Alberto Rodriguez, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kurt F. Fischer, Leonard, MI (US);
Heather R. Kramer, Macomb, MI (US);
Alberto Rodriguez, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for helping to protect an occupant () of a vehicle () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () inflatable from a stored condition to a deployed condition in which the protection device is positioned between an instrument panel () of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The protection device () includes upper portion () and a lower portion (), each of which is at least one of rolled and folded. The upper portion () and the lower portion () are positioned overlying each other when in the stored condition. A deployment flap () includes a sheet of material having a first end portion () secured to the vehicle. The deployment flap () has a central portion () that wraps around the lower portion () and a second end portion (), opposite the first end portion (), that is tucked under the lower portion while the protection device () is in the stored condition.