Patent ID: 7213839
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air-bag for a motor vehicle in the form of an inflatable curtain comprising the inflatable curtain having a gas inlet neck to receive a gas from a gas generator, the air-bag having a tether extending from an exterior of the air-bag at a point of attachment adjacent to the gas inlet neck, part of the tether being at least initially secured to a mounting arrangement including a mounting ring surrounding the inlet neck and clamping the neck to part of the gas generator, the tether passing through the mounting ring so to be clamped in position, the tether being yieldable and configured to be withdrawn from the mounting ring such that, on deployment of the air-bag, the point may move away from the mounting arrangement so that the tether yields and is withdrawn from the mounting ring with the absorption of energy.