Patents Assigned to Delphi Corporation
  • Patent number: 6663141
    Abstract: An inflatable safety restraint assembly is provided and methods are provided for installing such an inflatable safety restraint assembly into a vehicle. The inflatable safety restrain assembly comprises a cushion pack configured for attachment to an A-pillar of the vehicle and an inflator configured for attachment to a body structure of the vehicle other than the A-pillar. The inflatable safety restraint assembly further comprises a flexible tube having a first end connected to the cushion pack and a second end connected to the inflator. The flexible tube is adjustable to provide a number of orientations between the cushion pack attached to the A-pillar and the inflator attached to the vehicle body other than the A-pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignees: General Motors Corporation, Delphi Corporation
    Inventors: Scott David Thomas, David Charles Viano, Allen Richard Starner, James Lloyd Webber, David P. Schenck