US 12,434,659 B1
Vehicle airbag module including tethered deployment guide
Roy Peter Deutschmann, South Lyon, MI (US); Brandon Dean Streeter, Howell, MI (US); Alexandra Marie Lazaros, Northville, MI (US); Srinivas Krishnan, Troy, MI (US); and Roland Dominic Furtado, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyoda Gosei Co., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed by Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on May 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/668,949.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/2338 (2013.01) [B60R 2021/161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airbag module comprising:
a housing;
an inflatable cushion structured to be received in the housing;
a deployment guide attached to the housing and structured to be deployable from the housing to a deployed condition to guide the inflatable cushion in an occupant contact direction; and
a first side tether structured to extend along a first side of the deployment guide, the first side tether including:
a first portion structured to be attachable to a portion of a vehicle at a first attachment location of the first side tether spaced apart, in the occupant contact direction, from a rearward wall of the housing facing in the occupant contact direction when the airbag module is mounted on the vehicle; and
a second portion structured to be attachable to the deployment guide at a second attachment location of the first side tether structured to reside above the first attachment location of the first side tether when the airbag module is mounted on the vehicle and the deployment guide is in its deployed condition.