Patent ID: 7192053
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air bag assembly for use in a vehicle for impact restraint, the air bag assembly comprising: an air bag cushion inflatable to first and second amounts of expansion and deployable in an interior space of the vehicle, wherein said second amount of expansion is greater than said first amount of expansion; at least one tether having a first portion; wherein said first portion includes a first loop, wherein said first loop is a closed loop and is supported at a first location at the cushion; and at least one support element at said first location; wherein said first loop is secured at said at least one support element; and wherein said at least one tether is releasably restrained such that the cushion is inflatable to the first amount of expansion when said at least one tether is so restrained and the cushion is inflatable to the second amount of expansion after said at least one tether is released.