Curtain airbag bottom fill
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1. A side curtain airbag for protecting an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one fill channel for carrying inflation gas to at least one inflation chamber;
wherein the fill channel is adapted to channel all the inflation gas from a top portion of the airbag to a bottom portion of the airbag, so that the gas enters the chamber from the bottom.
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Abstract
A bottom fill airbag that is adapted so that inflation gas is channeled to the bottom of the airbag, causing the bottom portion of the airbag to initially inflate, then subsequently and progressively filling the entire airbag chambers from the lower portions upward to the top of the airbag. The bottom fill side airbag may include one or a plurality of channels that direct inflation gas from an inflator down to lower portions of the airbag. The inflation gas subsequently and progressively fills airbag chambers, starting from the bottom of the airbag and moving upwards inside of the airbag.
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1. A side curtain airbag for protecting an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one fill channel for carrying inflation gas to at least one inflation chamber;
wherein the fill channel is adapted to channel all the inflation gas from a top portion of the airbag to a bottom portion of the airbag, so that the gas enters the chamber from the bottom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An airbag system for the side of a vehicle, comprising:
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an airbag including at least one fill channel;
wherein the fill channel is adapted to channel all inflation gas from an inflator directly to a bottom portion of the airbag so that the inflation gas is supplied to the airbag chambers from lower portions of the airbag upwardly toward the top of the airbag. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A side airbag system for protecting the occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
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an inflator;
an airbag, including at least one fill channel;
wherein the fill channel is adapted to channel all the inflation gas from the inflator to a bottom portion of the airbag, causing the bottom portion of the airbag to initially inflate, then subsequently and progressively fill airbag chambers from lower portions of the airbag upward to a top of the airbag. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A side curtain airbag for protecting an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
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an airbag with at least one inflation chamber; and
at least one fill channel for carrying inflation gas to at least one inflation chamber;
wherein the ratio of the volume of the fill channel to the total inflatable volume of the airbag is less than 0.2.
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