Patent ID: 8636301
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
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, 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 downward between the vehicle occupant and the at least one lateral surface of the vehicle, the inflatable curtain airbag comprising: a restraint member secured to the second protection zone; wherein, in the stowed configuration, the inflatable curtain airbag is folded at a stowed fold line such that the second protection zone overlies a portion of the first protection zone; wherein, during deployment, the inflatable curtain airbag unfolds such that the second protection zone moves forward to be positioned forward of the first protection zone in the deployed configuration; wherein the restraint member restricts outboard motion of the second protection zone in the deployed configuration to resist motion of the second protection zone to a position parallel to the first protection zone.