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Curtain airbag

  • US 6,626,457 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2001
  • Issued: 09/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A curtain airbag to be deployed along an inner surface side of a window glass, comprising:

  • a bag body having an ear projecting upwardly from the bag body;

    an inflator connected to one end of the bag body for supplying deployment gas;

    a sleeve-shaped cover for covering and encircling an outer periphery of the bag body in a folded state, said cover having a slit at an upper portion thereof through which the ear protrudes outwardly from the cover;

    at least one hanger formed of inner and outer plates, said inner and outer plates sandwiching the ear of the bag body therebetween to hold and hang the bag body from a structural member of the vehicle; and

    a restricting member integrally formed with the at least one hanger and disposed adjacent to the bag body to restrict a deployment direction of the bag body so that the bag body deploys along the inner surface of the window glass when the inflator is actuated.

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