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Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010

Filed:

May. 28, 2010
Applicant:

Jeffery Carl Dix, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Inventor:

Jeffery Carl Dix, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/213 (2006.01); B60R 21/237 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An airbag assembly can include a side curtain airbag having an inflatable curtain portion and an inflatable sail portion, and a first fold of the sail portion with respect to the curtain portion prior to folding the side curtain airbag into a stowed condition for installation in the vehicle. The curtain portion is disposed rearward of the first fold and the sail portion is disposed at least partially forward of the first fold. A tether has a first end attached to the side curtain airbag rearward of the first fold and a second end attachable to a structural pillar of the vehicle for guiding a direction of expansion of the sail portion during inflation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Dix, Jeffery. (2010). Tether guided inflatable sail panel (U.S. Patent No. 7841621). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7841621

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