Patent ID: 8007000

Claim:
An inflatable airbag assembly, comprising: an inflatable curtain airbag having a throat portion that comprises an inflator insert aperture that is contiguous with an inflatable void of the inflatable airbag, wherein the throat portion also comprises a receiving aperture; an inflator positioned at the throat portion of the inflatable curtain airbag, wherein the inflator is located within the throat portion of the inflatable curtain airbag; an inflator mounting bracket that is a separate component relative to the inflatable curtain airbag and the inflator, wherein the inflator mounting bracket extends through the receiving aperture of the inflatable curtain airbag such that the inflator mountain bracket extends through the throat portion of the inflatable curtain airbag and along the inflator and such that part of the throat portion of inflatable curtain airbag is between a portion of the inflator mounting bracket and the inflator; and, a clamp that wraps around the inflator mounting bracket and the inflator, such that the inflator mounting bracket is secured to the inflator.