Patent ID: 8876152

Claim:
An inflatable restraint assembly, comprising: a vehicle pillar; a pillar trim component that is attached to the vehicle pillar, the pillar trim component having an upper end; a curtain airbag module having an inflatable curtain portion that is disposed in a stowed configuration prior to deployment and moves to a deployed configuration subsequent to deployment; a guide ramp that is disposed between the inflatable curtain portion of the curtain airbag module and the upper end of the pillar trim component; and a headliner having an outboard portion that is sandwiched between the guide ramp and the upper end of the pillar trim component prior to deployment of the inflatable curtain portion of the curtain airbag module, wherein a body portion of the headliner is connected to the outboard portion of the headliner by a frangible portion, such that the outboard portion of the headliner separates from the body portion of the headliner at the frangible portion during deployment of the inflatable curtain portion of the curtain airbag module.