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Air-bag

  • US 20070001434A1
  • Filed: 11/04/2003
  • Published: 01/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inflatable curtain for a vehicle comprising the inflatable curtain formed from at least two super-imposed layers of fabric and having an upper attachment edge provided with a plurality of mounting elements for mounting the inflatable curtain in the interior of the vehicle for deployment beside an interior surface of the vehicle cabin, with one of the fabric layers being an inboard layer, and the other of the fabric layers being an outboard layer, the inflatable curtain also having a lower deployable edge spaced from the upper attachment edge, a gas-flow passage extending along the upper attachment edge, and between the upper attachment edge and the lower deployable edge an inflatable region which is divided into a plurality of cells by a plurality of partitions extending substantially transversely relative to the axis of the gas-flow passage, the cells communicating with the gas-flow passage, at least one of the mounting element being positioned intermediate an adjacent pair of the partitions, the lower deployable edge of the inflatable curtain being movable from a stowed position to a deployed position by inflation of the inflatable region of the inflatable curtain, the inflatable curtain being at least partially rolled-up in the stowed position to form a roll with its lower deployable edge within the roll, with the inboard layer of fabric forming the exterior of the roll.

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