AIRBAG ASSEMBLIES WITH CONSTRAINED STABILIZER STRAPS

摘要

An airbag assembly can include a stabilizer strap attached to an airbag, and the stabilizer strap can cooperate with a housing to prevent undesired rotation or skewing of the airbag during deployment. A portion of the stabilizer strap can be positioned at an interior of the housing and can interact with the housing to restrict an amount of the stabilizer strap that is permitted to extend to an exterior of the housing.

主权项

1. An airbag assembly comprising:
a housing that defines a deployment opening and a stabilizer opening; an inflatable airbag cushion coupled to the housing and configured to be deployed from the housing through the deployment opening; and a stabilizer strap coupled to the inflatable airbag cushion and extending from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the housing through the stabilizer opening, wherein a portion of the stabilizer strap that is at the interior of the housing comprises a first stopping element that is configured to interact with the housing to restrict an amount of the stabilizer strap that is permitted to extend to the exterior of the housing, and wherein a portion of the stabilizer strap that is at the exterior of the housing comprises a second stopping element that is configured to interact with the housing to remain at the exterior of the housing throughout deployment of the airbag cushion.