Patent ID: 8485553
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A frontal airbag assembly for protecting a seat occupant of a front passenger seat in a motor vehicle, the airbag assembly comprising: a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and an open top, the housing defining an airbag space; an inflatable compacted airbag cushion arranged in the airbag space and having a gas inlet; a gas generator attached to the housing and having a gas outlet in fluid connection with the gas inlet of the airbag cushion; a wrapper having a front end attached outside of the housing to the front wall or the bottom wall, and a rear end attached to the rear wall or the bottom wall, the wrapper extending from the front end upward to the open top, rearward across at least a portion of the open top and to the rear end; a split line in the wrapper extending in a transverse direction in an area covering the open top, the split line configured to tear during an inflation of the airbag cushion and to split the wrapper into a front portion and a rear portion; and a guide flap extending between the wrapper and the airbag cushion and configured to guide the inflation of the airbag cushion, the guide flap having