Patent ID: 8136838
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant side-impact protection apparatus for a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an inflatable cushion stored in a folded configuration; an inflator configured to provide gas to inflate to form a curtain to protect the head and upper torso of the occupant of a vehicle, and at least one tension tether, having a first end coupled at a first coupling location at an outboard side of a first portion of the cushion and a second end coupled at a second coupling location to an inboard side of a second portion of the cushion, to provide tension to the cushion during its unfolding, wherein the first end is located on the outboard side of the first portion of the cushion at the first coupling location, and wherein the second end is located on the inboard side of the second portion of the cushion at the second coupling location.