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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Peter L. Vigeant, Troy, MI (US);
Stephanie Schneider, Ferndale, MI (US);
David L. Geyer, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert A. Parks, Berkley, MI (US);
Minoru Niwa, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Peter L. Vigeant, Troy, MI (US);
Stephanie Schneider, Ferndale, MI (US);
David L. Geyer, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert A. Parks, Berkley, MI (US);
Minoru Niwa, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An example airbag arrangement includes an airbag that moves between an expansion-constrained position and an expanded position. A tether adjacent an exterior surface of the airbag moves with the airbag between a shorter position and a longer position. The tether remains intact in the shorter position and the longer position. When the tether is in the shorter position, the tether holds the airbag in the expansion-constrained position.