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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Raf Haidar, Coventry, GB;
Timothy Scott, Benfleet, GB;
Johannes a Varcus, Sprockhovel, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An occupant protection airbag device for a vehicle includes a housing having an opening and a closed end, a strut secured to the housing adjacent the closed end and extending from the closed end toward the opening, and an inflator supported by the strut adjacent the opening and spaced from the closed end to form a storage chamber between the inflator and the closed end of the housing. The inflator is spaced from an inner wall of the housing to form a gap therebetween. An airbag is stored in a deflated condition between the inflator and the closed end of the housing, and a forward-most layer of the airbag passes through the gap and around a surface of the inflator immediately adjacent the opening.