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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Thanh H. Quach, Macomb, MI (US);
Mike P. Pionk, Marysville, MI (US);
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Serena M. Lynch, Munger, MI (US);
Thanh H. Quach, Macomb, MI (US);
Mike P. Pionk, Marysville, MI (US);
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Serena M. Lynch, Munger, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety System Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () helps to protect an occupant () of a vehicle () that has a side structure () and a roof (). The apparatus () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () that has a stored condition for being positioned along the vehicle roof (). The protection device () is inflatable away from the vehicle roof () to a deployed condition positioned between the side structure () and a vehicle occupant (). The protection device () further comprises a portion () for receiving an elongated member () for helping to place the protection device in the stored condition.