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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
William Charles Bauer, Canton, MI (US);
Jason Richard Nagy, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Mahesh Bhattacharyya, Novi, MI (US);
Salvatore Joseph Moceri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kattya Gabriela Miranda Quintana, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A side-curtain airbag assembly includes a body structure including a roof rail and a pillar extending downwardly from the roof rail. The roof rail has an upwardly extending side portion and a first ramped surface extending inwardly from the side portion at a downward angle. An airbag is mounted to the side portion above the first ramped surface. A trim component is mounted to the pillar below the first ramped surface and has a face, a top, and a second ramped surface extending outwardly from the top at an upward angle towards the side portion. The first and second ramped surfaces are arranged to form a ramp that guides the airbag during deployment of the airbag. The first ramped surface has a higher yield strength than the second ramped surface.