Patent ID: 9266494
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An airbag assembly for disposition proximate a roof of a vehicle to shield a vehicle occupant from impacting at least one lateral surface of the vehicle or a portion of an instrument panel during a rollover or during side impact, small overlap and oblique collisions, the airbag assembly comprising: an inflatable curtain airbag having a stowed configuration proximate the roof of the vehicle and a deployed configuration into which the inflatable curtain airbag deploys, the inflatable curtain airbag deploys downward between the vehicle occupant and the at least one lateral surface of the vehicle and angled inboard between the portion of the instrument panel and the vehicle occupant, the inflatable curtain airbag comprising: wherein, in the stowed configuration, the inflatable curtain airbag is folded at the fold line such that the second protection zone lies alongside a portion of the first protection zone; wherein, during deployment, the inflatable curtain airbag unfolds at the fold line such that the second protection zone pivots forward about the divider to be positioned both forward of the first protection zone and angled inboard between the vehicle occupant and the at least one lateral surface of the vehicle and the portion of the instrument panel in the deployed configuration, the forward tether applying some level of tension to the second protection zone tending to facilitate the pivoting of the second protection zone forward and to control the angled inboard disposition of the second protection zone to the first protection zone; and wherein, in the deployed configuration, the second protection zone extends to a height proximate the roof of the vehicle.