SINGLE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG FOR VEHICLES
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Abstract
Airbag inflator system includes an inflatable airbag, e.g., a side curtain airbag, a housing, a gas generating system arranged apart from the housing for generating gas, and a conduit leading from the gas generating system to the housing to provide gas to the housing, e.g., to a lateral end of the housing. A filter may be arranged between the gas generating system and the housing, possibly in the conduit. A nozzle may be arranged between the gas generating system and an interior of the airbag, which nozzle is varied as a function of temperature. The housing may be movably arranged relative to a fixed base and mounted to vary its relation to the base as a function of temperature, e.g., via elastic or deformable supports which support the housing on the base.
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44 Claims
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15. An airbag system of a vehicle, the airbag system comprising:
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a single airbag extending across at least two seating positions of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the single airbag arranged to deploy into the passenger compartment along a lateral side of the vehicle and adjacent each of the at least two seating positions; a cover interposed between the single airbag and the passenger compartment to cover the single airbag prior to deployment; a single gas-providing system that provides gas to inflate the single airbag and which is arranged apart from the single airbag; and a conduit leading from the single gas-providing system to provide gas to inflate the single airbag, the conduit being arranged to deliver the gas from the single gas-providing system into the single airbag, wherein the at least two seating positions comprise a first seating position in a first seat row of seats of the vehicle and a second seating position in a second seat row of seats of the vehicle longitudinally displaced from the first seat row of seats, along the lateral side of the vehicle, and wherein the single airbag has a plurality of compartments for receiving the gas, and wherein each of the plurality of compartments opens to at least another one of the plurality of compartments at a common inflatable region, such that the plurality of compartments are in gas flow communication with each other. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39)
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31. An airbag system of a vehicle, the airbag system comprising:
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a single airbag extending across at least two seating positions of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the single airbag arranged to deploy into the passenger compartment along a lateral side of the vehicle and adjacent each of the at least two seating positions; a cover interposed between the single airbag and the passenger compartment to cover the single airbag prior to deployment; a single gas-providing system that provides gas to inflate the single airbag and which is arranged apart from the single airbag; and a conduit leading from the single gas-providing system to provide gas to inflate the single airbag, the conduit being arranged to deliver the gas from the single gas-providing system into the single airbag, wherein the at least two seating positions comprise a first seating position in a first seat row of seats of the vehicle and a second seating position in a second seat row of seats of the vehicle longitudinally displaced from the first seat row of seats, along the lateral side of the vehicle, wherein the single airbag has a plurality of compartments for receiving the gas, wherein each of the plurality of compartments shares a common boundary with at least one other of the plurality of compartments, and wherein the plurality of compartments are in flow communication with each other. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An airbag system of a vehicle, the airbag system comprising:
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a single airbag extending across at least two seating positions of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the single airbag arranged to deploy into the passenger compartment along a lateral side of the vehicle and adjacent each of the at least two seating positions; a cover interposed between the single airbag and the passenger compartment to cover the single airbag prior to deployment; a single gas-providing system that provides gas to inflate the single airbag and which is arranged apart from the single airbag; and a conduit leading from the single gas-providing system to provide gas to inflate the single airbag, the conduit being arranged to deliver the gas from the single gas-providing system into the single airbag, wherein the at least two seating positions comprise a first seating position in a first seat row of seats of the vehicle and a second seating position in a second seat row of seats of the vehicle longitudinally displaced from the first seat row of seats, along the lateral side of the vehicle, wherein the single airbag has a plurality of compartments for receiving the gas, wherein each of the plurality of compartments overlaps with at least one other of the plurality of compartments, and wherein the plurality of compartments are in flow communication with each other.
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44. An airbag system of a vehicle, the airbag system comprising:
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a single airbag extending across at least two seating positions of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the single airbag arranged to deploy into the passenger compartment along a lateral side of the vehicle and adjacent each of the at least two seating positions; a cover interposed between the single airbag and the passenger compartment to cover the single airbag prior to deployment; a single gas-providing system that provides gas to inflate the single airbag and which is arranged apart from the single airbag; and a conduit leading from the single gas-providing system to provide gas to inflate the single airbag, the conduit being arranged to deliver the gas from the single gas-providing system into the single airbag, wherein the at least two seating positions comprise a first seating position in a first seat row of seats of the vehicle and a second seating position in a second seat row of seats of the vehicle longitudinally displaced from the first seat row of seats, along the lateral side of the vehicle, wherein the single airbag has a plurality of compartments for receiving the gas, wherein each of the plurality of compartments share an overlapping region with at least one other of the plurality of compartments, and wherein the plurality of compartments are in flow communication with each other.
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