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Inflatable airbag assembly with an internally mounted inflator

  • US 8,820,779 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inflatable airbag assembly, comprising:

  • an inflatable curtain airbag comprising an inflator housing region that is constrained to a location that is inward and below a portion of an outer perimeter seam of the inflatable curtain airbag, the portion of the outer perimeter seam extending in a substantially horizontal direction along an upper portion of the inflatable curtain airbag when the inflatable curtain airbag is deployed in a vehicle, the horizontal direction being defined with respect to a roofline of the vehicle in which the inflatable airbag assembly is configured to be installed, wherein the inflator housing region comprises an inflator insert opening that is in fluid communication with an inflatable void of the inflatable curtain airbag;

    an inflator positioned at least partially within the inflator housing region; and

    a mounting assembly comprising a coupling member, wherein the coupling member is configured to close around the inflatable curtain airbag after the inflator has been positioned at least partially within the inflator housing region such that the inflator and the inflatable curtain airbag are coupled together.

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