Inflatable restraint having an improved tether

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1993-01-29

1994-05-03

Tyson, Karin L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280732, B60R 2120

Patent

active

053081110

ABSTRACT:
An improved supplemental inflatable restraint for use in an automobile is disclosed having a single tether for hingeably securing a cover door in a deployment aperture of an instrument panel. The tether comprises a pair of folded portions defined by a plurality of predetermined fold lines including at least two non-parallel fold lines. The tether controls the deployment of the cover door such that it is deployed in a predetermined direction and at a predetermined velocity.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2899103 (1959-08-01), Ebert
patent: 4878689 (1989-11-01), Mitzkus et al.
patent: 4893833 (1990-01-01), DiSalvo et al.
patent: 4911471 (1990-03-01), Hirabayashi

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