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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Kurt F. Fischer, Leonard, MI (US);
Heather Kramer, Macomb, MI (US);
Alberto Rodriguez, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Amit Sharma, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
John Bauer, Troy, MI (US);
Kurt F. Fischer, Leonard, MI (US);
Heather Kramer, Macomb, MI (US);
Alberto Rodriguez, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Amit Sharma, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
John Bauer, Troy, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () helps protect an occupant () of a vehicle (). The apparatus () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () that includes panel () of material that helps define an inflatable volume () of the protection device. A vent opening () vents inflation fluid from the inflatable volume (). A pleat () is folded in the panel (). The pleat () is positioned against a vehicle surface () while the protection device () is in a normally deployed condition to help block inflation fluid from venting through the vent opening ().