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Occupant restraint system

  • US 20030006591A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2002
  • Published: 01/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An occupant restraint system for a vehicle comprising:

  • an airbag disposed in a folded state along an upper edge of a door opening of a vehicle body;

    an inflator that generates gas when the vehicle is involved in a collision to inflate the airbag so that it is deployed in a curtain shape along an inner face of a side of an occupant compartment;

    a part of the folded airbag being housed within a front pillar garnish covering a side face, on the occupant compartment side, of a front pillar such that the garnish is deformed when the airbag is deployed; and

    an impact absorbing rib being formed on an inner face of a section of the front pillar garnish that is little deformed by deployment of the airbag.

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