Patent ID: 7452002

Claim:
An airbag module comprising: a module housing containing an airbag and an inflator; the airbag having an inflation chamber comprising a first portion of the inflation chamber and a second portion of the inflation chamber, the first portion of the inflation chamber is deployable in first direction and the second portion of the inflation chamber is deployable in a second direction, the first direction being transverse to the second directions, the first portion of the inflation chamber defined by a front panel and a back panel and the second portion of the inflation chamber extending from the back panel; the inflator in communication with the airbag; a tether for directing the deployment of the airbag, the tether comprising a first portion of the tether, a second portion of the tether, and a third portion of the tether; the first portion of the tether is secured by sewn stitches attaching a first fold of the tether to a first front panel location on the front panel of the first portion of the inflation chamber, the first portion of the tether is also secured by sewn stitches attaching a second fold of the tether to a first back panel location of the back panel of the first portion of the inflation chamber; an end of the second portion of the tether is secured by sewn stitches to the first back panel location at the second fold of the tether, and the second portion of the tether is also secured by sewn stitches attaching a third fold of the tether to a second front panel location on the front panel of the first portion of the inflation chamber; and end of the third portion of the tether is secured by sewn stitches to the second front back panel location at the third fold of the tether, and the third portion of the tether is also secured by sewn stitches attaching a fourth fold of the tether to a second back panel location on the back panel of the first portion of the inflation chamber.