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Side impact airbag system attached to seat belt

  • US 5,161,821 A
  • Filed: 09/13/1991
  • Issued: 11/10/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A side impact protection apparatus for use with a lap belt portion of a seat belt secured to a door sill at the base of a center pillar adjacent an automotive front door by a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle front seat and having the lap belt portion secured across his or her lap, said apparatus comprising an airbag system fixedly mounted around the lap belt portion in the space intermediate said front door and the hip of said occupant, wherein said airbag is a bifurcated type wherein a rearward portion thereof extends upwardly behind the occupant'"'"'s outermost arm upon a side impact, and a forward portion thereof extends upwardly in front of the occupant'"'"'s arm upon the side impact.

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