Patent ID: 9022421
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An inflatable restraint assembly, comprising: a vehicle pillar; a pillar trim component that is attached to the vehicle pillar, the pillar trim component having an upper end; a curtain airbag module having an inflatable curtain portion that is disposed in a stowed configuration prior to deployment and moves to a deployed configuration subsequent to deployment; a guide ramp that is disposed between the inflatable curtain portion of the curtain airbag module and the upper end of the pillar trim component; and a headliner having an outboard portion sandwiched between the guide ramp and the upper end of the pillar trim component prior to deployment of the inflatable curtain portion of the curtain airbag module, wherein the outboard portion of the headliner extends in an outboard direction from a body portion of the headliner to a distal end, the outboard portion having a first thickness and a reduced thickness section defining a recess that is open at the distal end.