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AIRBAG WITH NOTCHED DEPLOYMENT CONTROLLING FLAP

  • US 20200130631A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2018
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:

  • an airbag inflatable from a stored condition to a deployed condition in which the airbag is positioned between a reaction surface of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant, the airbag comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, each of the upper and lower portions being at least one of rolled and folded, the upper and lower portions being positioned overlying each other when in the stored condition; and

    a deployment flap comprising a sheet of material having a first end portion and an oppositely disposed second end portion, the first end portion being secured to the vehicle, a portion of the deployment flap being positioned between the upper and lower portions, the deployment flap having a notch with opposite side edges converging in a direction toward the first end portion of the deployment flap and terminating at a vertex.

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