Patent ID: 7770925

Claim:
A frontal airbag assembly for protecting an out-of-position object, on a passenger-side, comprising: an airbag module housing comprising a cover having a tear seam; an inflatable airbag cushion configured for frontal deployment on the passenger-side with a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, which is closer to a windshield of a vehicle when the inflatable airbag cushion is deployed than the bottom surface, wherein the inflatable airbag cushion is folded with a plurality of folds in the airbag module housing in a stored state, wherein the plurality of folds includes an outermost fold that is the closest fold to the cover; a deployment flap, wherein the deployment flap has a first end coupled adjacent to the inflatable airbag cushion and a second end that is unattached to the inflatable airbag cushion, and wherein the deployment flap has a width, and wherein the width and position of the deployment flap protects the inflatable airbag cushion as the inflatable airbag cushion deploys out of the airbag module housing and through the tear seam; and an extension flap, wherein the extension flap has an attached end that is fixedly attached to and extends from the second end of the deployment flap and has a free end opposite from the attached end that is unattached, wherein, in the stored state, the extension flap is folded and is located between the outermost fold of the inflatable airbag cushion and the cover, wherein the extension flap is positioned in front of the inflatable airbag cushion in a passenger compartment of a vehicle during deployment, wherein, when the inflatable airbag cushion is fully deployed, the deployment flap and extension flap extend together along the bottom surface of the inflatable airbag cushion to be positioned between the inflatable airbag cushion and an out-of-position object.