Patent ID: 8083254

Claim:
An airbag assembly, comprising: an inflator having at least one mounting stem that projects perpendicularly away from a long axis of a body portion of the inflator, wherein the inflator has a longitudinal axis; an airbag housing coupled to the inflator, wherein the airbag housing has a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the longitudinal axes of the inflator and the airbag housing are either collinear or parallel, wherein the airbag housing comprises at least one aperture at the first end, wherein the at least one inflator mounting stem extends through the at least one aperture, wherein the airbag housing comprises a mounting component located at the second end of the airbag housing; an inflatable airbag cushion comprising an inflator attachment portion, which comprises an inflator mounting stem aperture through which the at least one inflator mounting stem extends to couple the cushion to one end of the inflator and one end of the housing; and, a stabilizer strap coupled to the airbag cushion, wherein the stabilizer strap extends to and is coupled to the mounting component of the airbag housing, wherein upon inflatable airbag cushion deployment in a direction that is perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axes of the inflator and the airbag housing, the stabilizer strap comes under tension and stabilizes the airbag cushion during deployment.