×

Inflatable side curtain

  • US 6,471,240 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2001
  • Issued: 10/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. Apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle that has a side structure and a roof, said apparatus comprising:

  • an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device that is inflatable away from the vehicle roof into a position between the side structure of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant; and

    an inflation fluid source that provides inflation fluid for inflating said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device;

    said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, when inflated, having a perimeter and front and rear portions spaced apart horizontally along said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device;

    said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device comprising overlying panels that define an inflatable volume and at least one connection within said perimeter at which said overlying panels are interconnected;

    said at least one connection extending in a generally horizontal direction when said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device is inflated, said at least one connection including first and second end portions and a middle portion located between said first and second end portions, said first and second end portions and said middle portion each having a width measured in a direction perpendicular to said horizontal direction, said width of said middle portion being greater than said widths of said first and second end portions.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×