INFLATABLE CURTAIN AIRBAG SYSTEMS
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1. A curtain airbag system for a vehicle having a passenger compartment with a front corner, the system comprising:
- an inflatable curtain having a front edge; and
a sail panel for reducing occupant limb excursion through the front corner of the passenger compartment if the system is deployed, the sail panel having an overlapping portion including an overlapping edge that overlaps at least a portion of the front edge of the inflatable curtain, the sail panel being attached at linearly spaced intervals with the inflatable curtain along the overlapping edge.
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Abstract
A curtain airbag system includes a sail panel. The sail panel may be attached with an inflatable curtain of the curtain airbag system.
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1. A curtain airbag system for a vehicle having a passenger compartment with a front corner, the system comprising:
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an inflatable curtain having a front edge; and a sail panel for reducing occupant limb excursion through the front corner of the passenger compartment if the system is deployed, the sail panel having an overlapping portion including an overlapping edge that overlaps at least a portion of the front edge of the inflatable curtain, the sail panel being attached at linearly spaced intervals with the inflatable curtain along the overlapping edge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A curtain airbag system for a vehicle having a passenger compartment with a front corner, the system comprising:
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an inflatable curtain having a front edge; a first tether attached to the inflatable curtain for maintaining the inflatable curtain in a desired position if the system is deployed; and a sail panel attached to the first tether for reducing occupant limb excursion through the front corner of the passenger compartment if the system is deployed wherein at least a portion of the sail panel does not overlap the front edge of the inflatable curtain. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A curtain airbag system for a vehicle having a passenger compartment with a front corner, the system comprising:
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an inflatable curtain having front and bottom edges, the front edge forming an angle with the bottom edge; and a sail panel for reducing occupant limb excursion through the front corner of the passenger compartment if the system is deployed wherein the sail panel has an overlapping portion including an overlapping edge that overlaps at least a portion of the front edge of the inflatable curtain, wherein the sail panel is attached to the inflatable curtain along the overlapping edge, and wherein the overlapping edge forms an angle with the bottom edge of the inflatable curtain that is different than the angle formed by the front and bottom edges of the inflatable curtain. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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