Patent ID: 9676361
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. An airbag assembly, comprising: a housing assembly configured to be mounted in a roof of a vehicle; a frontal inflatable cushion defining an inflatable chamber that is configured to receive inflation gas from an inflator assembly disposed within the housing assembly to expand the frontal inflatable cushion from a packaged state to a deployed state, wherein the frontal inflatable cushion is configured to deploy from the housing assembly, and wherein the frontal inflatable cushion is configured to deploy in both a downward direction and a rearward direction relative to the housing assembly; and a first tether having a first end portion, a mid-portion, and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is coupled to the frontal inflatable curtain, and wherein the first tether is configured to extend along an outside surface of a side inflatable cushion such that the mid-portion of the first tether is configured to be coupled to the side inflatable cushion and the second end portion of the first tether is configured to be coupled to the vehicle and such that the side inflatable cushion and the vehicle support the frontal inflatable cushion when the frontal inflatable cushion is in the deployed state.