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Airbag for head protecting airbag system

  • US 6,367,836 B1
  • Filed: 08/04/1999
  • Issued: 04/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An airbag for a head-protecting airbag system of a vehicle having an interior compartment constructed and arranged to accommodate at least one of a vehicle operator and at least one passenger, said airbag being receivable in the vehicle along an upper interior edge thereof which defines a portion of the interior compartment, said airbag comprising:

  • an airbag body having an inflatable portion which, upon inflation, enters the interior compartment and covers the upper interior edge of the vehicle, said airbag body including a longitudinally extending portion inflatable into a substantially vertically oriented column, said longitudinally extending portion being arranged at one end of said inflatable portion; and

    a flexible belt connected at a first end thereof to a peripheral edge of said longitudinally extending portion and connected at a second end thereof to the vehicle so that, upon inflation of said inflatable portion, said flexible belt guides said longitudinally extending portion to generally pivot about an end thereof into a substantially vertical orientation, wherein a distance between the first and second ends of the flexible belt, when the flexible belt is extended straight and when the airbag is unfolded and uninflated, is shorter than a distance between the first and second ends when the airbag is folded and uninflated.

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