Curtain airbag

US8025308B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TK HOLDINGS, LLC · US

Inventors

• James R. Fletcher · Plymouth, US
• Keith P. Lane · Rochester Hills, US
• Jesse B. Kirby · Clawson, US
• Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton · Rochester, US
• Mark Andrew Steinbach · Clawson, US
• Richard Andrew Wiik · Waterford Township, US
• Andrew Jack Pitonyak · Auburn Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/232
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A curtain airbag assembly comprises an inflatable curtain airbag configured to prevent egress of an occupant out of a window during a collision or rollover event. When the curtain airbag is inflated, a bottom edge of the curtain airbag extends below a window sill in a vehicle. A distance the inflated curtain airbag extends below the window sill is greater than a radius of curvature of the inflated curtain airbag.