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Curtain airbag device

  • US 7,357,413 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2005
  • Issued: 04/15/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A curtain airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a curtain airbag folded so as to extend longitudinally in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, wherein the curtain airbag is arranged to deploy downward along an inner side surface of the vehicle, wherein the folded curtain airbag comprises two sheets combined together;

    a gas generator for supplying the curtain airbag with gas in order to inflate the curtain airbag;

    a guiding element extending in a vertical direction and mounted on an interior of the vehicle, the guiding element guiding the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag is being deployed downward; and

    a linking member which protrudes from a lower edge of the curtain airbag, wherein the linking member is attached to an exterior of the guiding element so that the linking member is guided along the exterior of the guiding element, wherein the linking member extends in an elongated manner and is a segment of the combined sheets of the airbag; and

    wherein a base end of the linking member is disposed at a side of the folded curtain airbag proximate to a vehicle body.

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