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Airbag mounting assemblies with double-locking wrappers

  • US 7,980,585 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2009
  • Issued: 07/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A packaged inflatable curtain airbag assembly, comprising:

  • a mounting member comprising a rectangular piece of woven nylon webbing, wherein the mounting member has a top portion and a bottom portion;

    a wrapper comprising a rectangular piece of flexible material with a first half, a second half, a first elongated slot, and a second elongated slot, the first slot being closer to the first half of the wrapper than the second slot, wherein the wrapper is attached to the top portion of the mounting member at the first half via a first set of stitching, and wherein each of the first and second elongated slots are located on the second half of the wrapper; and

    ,a rolled inflatable curtain airbag, wherein in an extended configuration, the inflatable curtain airbag has a top portion, and wherein the top portion is attached to the mounting member and the wrapping member via a second set of stitching so that the stitches protrude through the inflatable curtain airbag, the wrapper, and the mounting member,wherein the wrapper circumnavigates the rolled inflatable curtain airbag, the first slot of the wrapper receives the top portion of the mounting member, and the second slot of the wrapper receives the bottom portion of the mounting member, such that a portion of the wrapper that is between the first slot and the second slot is located on a back side of the mounting member.

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