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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Nora Arellano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
An curtain side airbag apparatus includes an airbag and an inflator. The airbag is stored in a housing adjacent to a side structure of a vehicle. The airbag includes a main body and an additional cushion portion. The housing includes an opening flange. The inflator provides a gas into the airbag for inflating the airbag. Upon deployment of the airbag, the main body of the airbag projects substantially downwardly from the housing and the additional cushion portion of the airbag projects substantially upwardly into the opening flange of the housing.