Author: claimsbot

1. A light emitting diode (LED) lamp, comprising:
a reflecting cover having a reflecting portion formed by rotating a half-parabola around a Y-axis to obtain a plurality of half-parabolas on the reflecting portion, a plurality of whole parabolas each of which has a corresponding half-parabola having a vertex and a focal point located on an X-axis perpendicular to the Y-axis, the half-parabola extending from the vertex to the Y-axis, the focal points of the parabolas forming an arc-shaped trajectory, the vertexes of the parabolas forming an arc and defining a first open side of the reflecting cover, and two outmost half-parabolas of the reflecting portion forming a second open side of the reflecting cover;
a substrate coupling to and sealing the first open side of the reflecting cover;
a transparent sealing cover coupling to and sealing the second open side of the reflecting cover;
a mounting base being received in a sealed space defined among the substrate, the sealing cover, and the reflecting cover, the trajectory being located on an outer surface of the mounting base; and
a plurality of LEDs located on the trajectory and facing the reflecting cover, light emitted by the plurality of the LEDs travelling to the reflecting portion of the reflecting cover and then being reflected parallelly therefrom to the sealing cover.
2. The LED lamp of claim 1, wherein a plurality of lenses are arranged on an outer side of the sealing cover.
3. The LED lamp of claim 2, wherein the plurality of lenses are integrally formed with the sealing cover and are evenly spaced from each other.
4. The LED lamp of claim 1, wherein the mounting base is semi-conical, and comprises a triangular-shaped side surface and an arc-shaped mounting surface facing the reflecting portion, the trajectory being located on the mounting surface of the mounting base.
5. The LED lamp of claim 4, wherein the side surface of the mounting base abuts an inner side of the sealing cover opposite to the outer side.
6. The LED lamp of claim 1, wherein the reflecting portion is formed by rotating the half-parabola for 180 degrees around the Y-axis.
7. The LED lamp of claim 1, wherein the reflecting cover further comprises a connecting portion extending from the arc of the reflecting portion to the substrate, the substrate being semi-circular, the sealing cover being arranged on a linear-shaped side of the substrate, and the reflecting cover being arranged on an arc-shaped side of the substrate.
8. The LED lamp of claim 1, wherein the first open side is perpendicular to the second open side.
9. An LED lamp, comprising:
a reflecting portion formed by rotating a half-parabola around a Y-axis to obtain a plurality of half-parabolas on the reflecting portion, the half-parabola having a vertex and a focal point located on an X-axis perpendicular to the Y-axis, and extending from the vertex to the Y-axis, the focal points of the half-parabolas of the reflecting portion forming an arc-shaped trajectory; and
at least one LED located on the trajectory and confronting to the reflecting portion, light emitted from the at least one LED being reflected by the reflecting portion as parallel light.
10. The LED lamp of claim 9, wherein a first open side is formed at a bottom side of the reflecting portion by the vertexes of the half-parabolas of the reflecting portion, and a second open side is formed at a lateral side of the reflecting portion by two outmost half-parabolas of the reflecting portion, the second open side being perpendicular to the first open side, the parallel light reflected by the reflecting portion travelling to ambient through the second open side of the reflecting portion.
11. The LED lamp of claim 10, wherein the half-parabola rotates 180 degree around the Y-axis to form the reflecting portion, and the two outmost half-parabolas of the reflecting portion are coplanar with the Y-axis.
12. The LED lamp of claim 10, wherein a transparent sealing cover couples to and seals the second open side, the sealing cover having an inner side facing the reflected parallel light, and an outer side opposite to the inner side, a plurality of lenses being arranged on the outer side of the sealing cover.
13. The LED lamp of claim 12, wherein a mounting base being arranged at the first open side of the reflecting potion, the mounting base being semi-conical, and comprising a triangular-shaped side surface and an arc-shaped mounting surface facing the reflecting portion, the trajectory being located on the mounting surface of the mounting base.
14. The LED lamp of claim 13, wherein a substrate couples to and seals the first open side of the reflecting portion, the sealing cover and the reflecting portion being arranged on an outer periphery of the substrate, and the mounting base being arranged on the substrate with the side surface thereof abutting the inner side of the sealing cover.
15. The LED lamp of claim 14, wherein a connecting portion extends from the bottom open side of the reflecting portion to the substrate to assemble the reflecting portion to the substrate.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of printer operation comprising:
generating with an optical sensor having a plurality of detectors first image data of a surface of a rotating member while the surface is bare of ink, the rotating member being positioned to rotate in front of at least one printhead to form an ink image on the surface of the rotating member;
operating the at least one printhead to eject ink onto the surface of the rotating member with reference to data stored in the printer;
generating second image data of the surface of the rotating member while the ejected ink corresponding to the data stored in the printer is on the surface of the rotating member;
aligning the first image data with the second image data;
reducing noise in the second image data with reference to the first image data aligned with the second image data;
processing the second image data having reduced noise to identify the ejected ink on the surface of the rotating image member; and
operating the printer with reference to the ejected ink identified on the surface of the rotating image member.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
identifying an offset for each detector in the optical sensor in a printer that is positioned to generate image data of the surface of the rotating member; and
removing the offset from the second image data before reducing the noise in the second image data.
3. The method of claim 2, the identification of the offset for each detector further comprising:
deactivating a light source positioned to illuminate the surface of the rotating member; and
generating third image data of the surface of the rotating member, the third image data corresponding to the offsets identified for the detectors in the optical sensor.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
operating the detectors of the optical sensor at a maximum sampling period.
5. The method of claim 1, the alignment of the first image data and the second image data further comprising:
selecting a first area of image data in the first image data that is outside an area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead;
selecting a second area of image data in the second image data that is outside an area in the second image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead;
measuring cross-correlation between the selected first area of image data and the selected second area of image data;
continuing to select another area of image data in the first image data that is outside the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead and measuring cross-correlation between the selected other area of image data and the second area of image data until a predetermined number of areas are selected;
identifying one of the selected areas in the first image data as being aligned with the second area of image data in the second image data in response to the cross-correlation measurement between the identified one of the selected areas in the first image data and the selected second areas of image data in the second image data being a minimum for the cross-correlations measured for the predetermined number of selected areas; and
identifying a first area of image data within an area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead with reference to the identified one selected area, the identified first area of image data within the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead being used to reduce noise in image data in the second image data that is within an area of the second image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead that corresponds to the selected second area of image data in the second image data.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:
continuing to select another second area of image data in the second image data and measuring a plurality of cross-correlations between the selected other area of image data in the second image data and a predetermined number of selected areas of image data in the first image data until each selected area of image data in the second image data has a corresponding aligning area of image data in the first image data, the selected areas of image data in the second image data having a length in the process direction that corresponds to a length of the ejected ink on the surface of the rotating member in the process direction.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:
identifying a second aligned area of image data in the first image data for each selected second area in the second image data with reference to the cross-correlation measurements obtained with respect to each selected second area in the second image data;
identifying a second area of image data within the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead with reference to the identified second aligned area in the first image data;
interpolating an area of image data with reference to the identified first area of image data within the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead and the identified second area of image data within the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead, an interpolated area of image data being generated for each selected second area of image data in the second image data; and
reducing noise in the image data of the second image data that is within an area of the second image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead and that also corresponds to each selected second area of image data in the second image data, the noise in the second image data being reduced with reference to a ratio of the interpolated areas of image data generated for the selected second areas of image data in the second image data and the selected second areas of image data in the second image data.
8. The method of claim 7, the identification of the second area of image data within the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead further comprising:
identifying the second area of image data as the identified first area of image data within the area in the first image data that can be printed by the at least one printhead shifted by one pixel in a process direction; and
the interpolation further comprising:
weighting values in the identified first area of image data and the identified second area of image data with reference to the minimum cross-correlation measurement and a next smallest cross-correlation measurement.
9. A printer comprising:
at least one printhead configured to eject ink;
a rotating member being positioned to rotate in front of the at least one printhead to enable the at least one printhead to eject ink onto a portion of a surface of the rotating member to form an ink image on the surface portion of the rotating member;
at least one optical sensor having an a linear array of detectors that extends across a width of the rotating member, the at least one optical sensor is configured to generate image data of the surface portion of the rotating member and a margin of the surface of the rotating member; and
a controller operatively connected to the at least one optical sensor, the controller being configured to:
receive from the at least one optical sensor first image data of the surface portion and margin of the rotating member without ink,
operate the at least one printhead to eject ink on the surface portion of the rotating member, the ejected ink corresponding to data stored in a memory of the printer,
receive from the at least one optical sensor second image data of the surface portion and margin of the rotating member bearing the ejected ink,
align the first image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member with the second image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member,
reduce noise in the second image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member with reference to image data in the first image data in the surface portion, the image data in the first image data used to reduce noise being aligned with the image data in the margin of the rotating member in the first image data that is aligned with the second image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member,
process the second image data having reduced noise to identify the ejected ink on the surface portion of the rotating member, and
operate the printer with reference to the ejected ink identified on the surface portion of the rotating member.
10. The printer of claim 9, the controller being further configured to:
identify an offset for each detector in the at least one optical sensor in the printer that is positioned to generate image data of the surface of the rotating member; and
remove the offset from the second image data before reducing the noise in the second image data.
11. The printer of claim 10, the at least one optical sensor further comprising:
a light source positioned to illuminate the surface of the rotating member; and
the controller being further configured to deactivate the light source to enable the at least one optical sensor to generate third image data of the surface of the rotating member that enables identification of the offset for each detector.
12. The printer of claim 9, the controller being further configured to:
operate the detectors of the optical sensor at a maximum sampling period.
13. The printer of claim 9, the controller being further configured to:
select a first area of image data in the image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member;
select a second area of image data in the image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member;
measure cross-correlation between the selected first area of image data and the selected second area of image data;
continuing to select another area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member and measuring cross-correlation between the selected other area of image data corresponds to the margin of the rotating member and the second area of image data corresponds to the margin of the rotating member until a predetermined number of areas are selected;
identify one of the selected areas in the first image data as being aligned with the second area of image data in the second image data in response to the cross-correlation measurement between the aligned areas being a minimum for the cross-correlations measured for the predetermined number of areas; and
identifying a first area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member with reference to the one selected area in the first image data identified as being aligned with the second area of image data in the second image data, the identified first area of image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member being used to reduce noise in image data in the second image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member in the second image data.
14. The printer of claim 13, the controller being further configured to:
continue to select another second area of image data in the second image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member and measure a plurality of cross-correlations between the selected other area of image data in the second image data and a predetermined number of selected areas of image data in the first image data corresponds to the margin of the rotating member until each selected area of image data in the second image data has a corresponding aligning area of image data in the first image data, the selected areas of image data in the second image data having a length in the process direction that corresponds to a length of the ejected ink on the surface of the rotating member in the process direction.
15. The printer of claim 14, the controller further configured to:
identify a second aligned area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member for each selected second area in the second image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member with reference to the cross-correlation measurements obtained with respect to each selected second area in the second image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member;
identify a second area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member with reference to the second aligned area in the first image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member;
interpolating an area of image data with reference to the identified first area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member and the identified second area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member, an interpolated area being generated for each selected second area of image data in the second image data that corresponds to the margin of the rotating member; and
reducing the noise in the image data of the second image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member and that also corresponds to each selected second area of image data in the second image data, the noise in the second image data being reduced with reference to a ratio of the interpolated areas of image data generated for the selected second areas of image data in the second image data and the selected second areas.
16. The printer of claim 15, the controller being further configured to:
identify the second area of image data as the identified first area of image data in the first image data that corresponds to the surface portion of the rotating member shifted by one pixel in a process direction, and
weight values in the identified first area of image data and the identified second area of image data with reference to the minimum cross-correlation measurement and a next smallest cross-correlation measurement.

1. A window regulator assembly comprising:
a motor including a motor housing and a driving output for moving a window between open and closed positions;
a cursor mounted for movement along a window track, said cursor including a window mount portion adapted to receive the window and a motor mount portion wherein said motor housing is fixed to said motor mount portion for movement with said cursor; and
a cable in driving engagement with said driving output to move said motor, said cursor and the window together as a unit along the window track.
2. The window regulator assembly according to claim 1 wherein said cursor includes a window track mount portion cooperating with the window track to move said cursor along the window track.
3. The window regulator assembly according to claim 2 wherein said window track mount portion comprises first and second vertically extending guide grooves, and wherein said cable extends in a vertical direction and is laterally positioned between said first and said second vertically extending guide grooves.
4. The window regulator assembly according to claim 2 wherein said window mount portion, said motor mount portion, and said window track mount portion are integrally formed with said cursor such that said cursor comprises a single piece component.
5. The window regulator assembly according to claim 1 including a gear drive driven by said driving output of said motor, said gear drive in driving engagement with a toothed portion of said cable.
6. The window regulator assembly according to claim 1 wherein said window mount portion comprises a snap type window connection comprising first and second gripping members separated by a slot for receiving an edge of the window wherein one of said first and said second gripping members includes a transversely extending snap tang that cooperates with the window to secure the window to said cursor.
7. A window regulator assembly comprising:
a window track formed within a door module;
a motor including a motor housing and a driving output for moving a window along said window track between open and closed positions;
a cursor including a window track mount portion cooperating with said window track to move said cursor along said window track, a window mount portion adapted to receive the window, and a motor mount portion wherein said motor housing is fixed to said motor mount portion for movement with said cursor; and
a cable in driving engagement with said driving output to move said motor, said cursor and the window together as a unit along said window track.
8. The window regulator assembly according to claim 7 wherein said window track is integrally formed as a single piece with said door module.
9. The window regulator assembly according to claim 8 wherein said door module is formed from a plastic material such that said door module and said window track form a single piece plastic component.
10. The window regulator assembly according to claim 8 wherein said door module is formed from a steel material with said window track comprising a roll formed steel section.
11. The window regulator assembly according to claim 7 wherein said cursor comprises a single piece component.
12. The window regulator assembly according to claim 7 wherein said motor housing is rigidly mounted to said motor mount portion such that said motor housing does not move relative to said cursor.
13. The window regulator assembly according to claim 7 wherein said cable comprises a toothed element mounted to said door module to extend in the same direction as said window track.
14. The window regulator assembly according to claim 13 wherein said window track mount portion comprises first and second guide grooves that slidably receive outward edges of said window track.
15. The window regulator assembly of claim 14 wherein said cable is positioned laterally between said first guide groove and said second guide groove.
16. The window regulator assembly according to claim 7 wherein said window mount portion comprises a snap type window connection comprising first and second gripping members separated by a slot for receiving an edge of the window wherein one of said first and said second gripping members includes a transversely extending snap tang that cooperates with the window to secure the window to said cursor.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An airbag assembly for disposition proximate a roof of a vehicle to shield a vehicle occupant from impacting at least one lateral surface of the vehicle or a portion of an instrument panel during a rollover or during side impact, small overlap and oblique collisions, the airbag assembly comprising:
an inflatable curtain airbag having a stowed configuration proximate the roof of the vehicle and a deployed configuration into which the inflatable curtain airbag deploys, the inflatable curtain airbag deploys downward between the vehicle occupant and the at least one lateral surface of the vehicle and angled inboard between the portion of the instrument panel and the vehicle occupant, the inflatable curtain airbag comprising:
a first protection zone comprising a first interior chamber; and
a second protection zone comprising a second interior chamber in fluid communication with the first interior chamber;
a divider that defines the first interior chamber as distinct from the second interior chamber, the divider forming a fold line and restricting inflation gas flow from the first protection zone into the second protection zone during deployment;
a forward tether comprising a first end secured to the inflatable curtain airbag and a second end securable to an A-pillar of the vehicle;

wherein, in the stowed configuration, the inflatable curtain airbag is folded at the fold line such that the second protection zone lies alongside a portion of the first protection zone;
wherein, during deployment, the inflatable curtain airbag unfolds at the fold line such that the second protection zone pivots forward about the divider to be positioned both forward of the first protection zone and angled inboard between the vehicle occupant and the at least one lateral surface of the vehicle and the portion of the instrument panel in the deployed configuration, the forward tether applying some level of tension to the second protection zone tending to facilitate the pivoting of the second protection zone forward and to control the angled inboard disposition of the second protection zone to the first protection zone; and
wherein, in the deployed configuration, the second protection zone extends to a height proximate the roof of the vehicle.
2. The airbag assembly of claim 1, wherein the second protection zone comprises a top edge, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the top edge is substantially parallel to the roof of the vehicle.
3. The airbag assembly of claim 1, wherein, in the stowed configuration, the first and second protection zones are rolled together after folding of the inflatable curtain airbag at the fold line.
4. The airbag assembly of claim 1, wherein, in the stowed configuration, the fold line defines a forward edge of the inflatable curtain airbag; and
wherein, in the deployed configuration, the second protection zone is positioned between an occupant zone that would ordinarily be occupied by the vehicle occupant’s head and at least one of an A-pillar of the vehicle and the instrument panel portion of the vehicle.
5. The airbag assembly of claim 4, wherein in the deployed configuration, the second protection zone at the fold line defines an angle falling within the range of about 110\xb0 to about 160\xb0 relative to the first protection zone.
6. The airbag assembly of claim 4, wherein in the deployed configuration, the second protection zone at the fold line defines an angle falling within the range of about 120\xb0 to about 150\xb0 relative to the first protection zone.
7. The airbag assembly of claim 4, wherein the second end of the forward tether is secured to an anchoring location on the A-pillar that is likely to move rearward in response to deflection of the A-pillar during small overlap or oblique collisions to release tension in the forward tether, thereby facilitating inboard positioning of the second protection zone.
8. The airbag assembly of claim 7, wherein the first end of the forward tether is secured to the second protection zone proximate the fold line at or forward of the fold line so that tension in the forward tether facilitates inboard pivoting of the second protection zone.
9. The airbag assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of mounting assemblies distributed along a length of the inflatable curtain airbag to facilitate attachment of the inflatable curtain airbag to the vehicle; and
wherein in the stowed configuration, all of the plurality of mounting assemblies are positioned rearward of the A-pillar so that the second end of the forward tether is the only feature of the airbag assembly that is secured to the A-pillar.
10. The airbag assembly of claim 9, further comprising:
an inflator that produces gas in response to detection of impact to trigger deployment of the inflatable curtain airbag;
a rearward tether comprising a first end secured to the inflatable curtain airbag and a second end securable to the vehicle rearward of the inflatable curtain airbag; and
wherein, in the deployed configuration, the rearward tether and the forward tether cooperate to keep the first protection zone under tension in a longitudinal direction.
11. A method for stowing and deploying an airbag assembly, the airbag assembly deploying between a lateral surface of a vehicle having a roof and a vehicle occupant and deploying between the vehicle occupant and a portion of a vehicle instrument panel, the method comprising:
providing an inflatable curtain airbag comprising a first protection zone comprising a first interior chamber and a second protection zone comprising a second interior chamber in fluid communication with the first interior chamber;
securing a first end of a forward tether to the inflatable curtain airbag;
securing a second end of the forward tether to an A-pillar of the vehicle;
folding the inflatable curtain airbag at a fold line defined by a divider such that the second protection zone overlies at least a portion of the first protection zone, the divider defines the first interior chamber as distinct from the second interior chamber and restricts flow of inflation gas from the first interior chamber into the second interior chamber;
compacting the inflatable curtain airbag into a generally elongated shape; and
securing the inflatable curtain airbag proximate the roof of the vehicle such that, in response to introduction of inflation gas into the inflatable curtain airbag, the first protection zone expands downward to be positioned between the vehicle occupant and the lateral surface of the vehicle and the second protection zone pivots about the divider forward of the first protection zone; and
pivoting the second protection zone about the divider forward of the first protection zone to an angled inboard disposition relative to the first protection zone, wherein the forward tether applies some level of tension to the second protection zone tending to facilitate the pivoting of the second protection zone forward and to control the angled inboard disposition of the second protection zone to the first protection zone.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second protection zone comprises a top edge, wherein pivoting the second protection zone forward of the first protection zone comprises positioning the top edge of the second protection zone substantially parallel to the roof of the vehicle.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein securing the inflatable curtain airbag proximate the roof of the vehicle comprises positioning the inflatable curtain airbag such that, prior to deployment, the fold line defines a forward edge of the inflatable curtain airbag; and
wherein pivoting the second protection zone forward of the first protection zone comprises positioning the second protection zone between an occupant zone that would ordinarily be occupied by the vehicle occupant’s head and at least one of an A-pillar of the vehicle and the portion of the instrument panel of the vehicle.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein securing the first end of the forward tether to the inflatable curtain airbag comprises securing the first end proximate the fold line at or forward of the fold line so that release of tension in the tether facilitates inboard pivoting of the second protection zone.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein securing the second end of the forward tether to the A-pillar comprises securing the second end of the forward tether to an anchoring location on the A-pillar that is likely to move rearward in response to deflection of the A-pillar during a small overlap or oblique collision to release tension in the forward tether, thereby facilitating inboard positioning of the second protection zone.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein securing the inflatable curtain airbag proximate the roof of the vehicle comprises attaching a plurality of mounting assemblies distributed along a length of the inflatable curtain airbag to the vehicle rearward of the A-pillar so that the second end of the forward tether is the only feature of the airbag assembly that is secured to the A-pillar.
17. An airbag assembly, comprising:
an inflatable curtain airbag stowed proximate a roof of a vehicle, the inflatable curtain airbag comprising a first protection zone and a second protection zone folded against the first protection zone such that the second protection zone overlies at least a portion of the first protection zone;
an inflator in fluid communication with a first chamber within the first protection zone and a second chamber within the second protection zone;
a divider defines the first chamber as distinct from the second chamber and restricts fluid flow from the first chamber into the second chamber;
a plurality of mounting assemblies that secure the first protection zone to the vehicle; and
a forward tether comprising a first end secured to the inflatable curtain airbag at or forward of the divider and a second end secured to an A-pillar of the vehicle;
wherein, in response to production of fluid by the inflator, the inflatable curtain airbag expands downward such that the first protection zone is positioned between an occupant zone that would ordinarily be occupied by a vehicle occupant’s head and a lateral surface of the vehicle;
wherein, in response to production of the fluid by the inflator, the second protection zone pivots forward of the first protection zone such that the second protection zone pivots forward about the divider to an angled inboard disposition relative to the first protection zone and between an occupant zone that would ordinarily be occupied by the vehicle occupant’s head and at least one of an A-pillar of the vehicle and a portion of an instrument panel of the vehicle; and
wherein all of the plurality of mounting assemblies are positioned rearward of the A-pillar so that the second end of the forward tether is the only feature of the airbag assembly that is secured to the A-pillar.
18. The airbag assembly of claim 17, wherein, after deployment of the inflatable curtain airbag, the second protection zone extends to a height proximate the roof of the vehicle;
wherein the second protection zone comprises a top edge; and
wherein, after deployment of the inflatable curtain airbag, the top edge is substantially parallel to the roof of the vehicle.
19. The airbag assembly of claim 17, wherein the divider forms a fold line;
wherein, after deployment, the angled inboard disposition of the second protection zone at the fold line defines an angle falling within the range of about 110\xb0 to about 160\xb0 relative to the first protection zone; and
wherein the second end of the forward tether is secured to an anchoring location on the A-pillar that is likely to move rearward in response to deflection of the A-pillar during a small overlap or oblique collision to release tension in the forward tether, thereby facilitating inboard positioning of the second protection zone.