Curtain airbag system
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1. A curtain airbag system deployed to protect an occupant when a predetermined or greater side impact is applied to a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag housed at least in a roof side rail portion of the vehicle for covering at least a part of an interior side face of the vehicle when deployed to form a curtain-like inflatable body as a whole;
an inflator connected to said airbag for injecting gas into said airbag when the predetermined or greater side impact is applied to the vehicle, to thereby expand said airbag; and
a stretching member formed to extend along said airbag in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle.
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Abstract
A curtain airbag system capable of protecting heads and the like of vehicle occupants and reliably preventing the occupants and the like from being thrown out of the vehicle when a predetermined or greater side impact is applied to the side body of the vehicle. Stretching member is provided along a curtain airbag that covers side windows so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and reach over a B pillar and a C pillar.
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1. A curtain airbag system deployed to protect an occupant when a predetermined or greater side impact is applied to a vehicle, comprising:
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an airbag housed at least in a roof side rail portion of the vehicle for covering at least a part of an interior side face of the vehicle when deployed to form a curtain-like inflatable body as a whole;
an inflator connected to said airbag for injecting gas into said airbag when the predetermined or greater side impact is applied to the vehicle, to thereby expand said airbag; and
a stretching member formed to extend along said airbag in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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