Inflatable side airbag curtain module

US6073961A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Breed Automotive Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brian J. Bailey · Sterling Heights, US
• Samuel Wong · Troy, US
• Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton · Rochester, US
• Robert Tobian · New Baltimore, US
• Jorg Reuter · Obermoschel, DE
• Stefan Jost · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/2617
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A side impact or rollover protection restraint system (20) comprising: an air bag of sufficient length to extend between two pillars of a vehicle, the air bag (22), upon inflation, is of sufficient height to extend from proximate a roof rail (38) of the vehicle to a location generally adjacent the upper torso of a seated occupant such that the inflated air bag will lie between the occupant and a side portion of the vehicle; the system (20) further including a flexible tube (70) having a plurality of distributed openings (72) thereacross to distribute inflation gas to the air bag means (60) for inflating the air bag.