Patent ID: 6102435
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle occupant safety apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and a side structure, said apparatus comprising:an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device having a deflated condition and having an inflated condition in which said protection device is inflated between the occupant and the vehicle side structure;a fill member for directing inflation fluid into said protection device to inflate said protection device; andmeans for mounting said protection device and said fill member to the vehicle, said means for mounting comprising a headliner assembly comprising a single piece of material, said single piece of material having a support portion for location adjacent to the vehicle side structure, said support portion defining a chamber for receiving said fill member and said protection device when said protection device is in the deflated condition, said single piece of material including a headliner portion for location adjacent to the vehicle roof, said headliner portion of said single piece of material for extending inside of and generally parallel to the vehicle roof between said support portion of said single piece of material and a centerline of the vehicle.