Lower side piller passenger inflatable safety restraint assembly
First Claim
1. An inflatable safety restraint assembly for a vehicle, the vehicle having a side pillar, a front instrument panel and a vehicle passenger cabin, the inflatable safety restraint assembly comprising:
- an inflator device; and
an airbag cushion connected in gas flow communication with the inflator device;
wherein the airbag cushion is a side mounted frontal impact airbag cushion, in a static state a first portion of the airbag cushion is disposed in a lower portion of the side pillar of the vehicle and a second portion of the airbag cushion is disposed below the front instrument panel, and initial deployment of the airbag cushion from the side pillar into the vehicle passenger cabin occurs only below an upper portion of the side pillar, the upper portion of the side pillar being an upper 50 percent of the total length of the side pillar.
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Abstract
An inflatable safety restraint assembly for a vehicle having a front instrument panel and a side pillar. The inflatable safety restraint assembly includes an inflator device and a gas flow control structure connected in gas flow communication to the inflator device to receive inflation gas supplied by the inflator device. The inflatable safety restraint assembly also includes an airbag cushion that is connected in gas flow communication to the gas flow control structure. Upon activation of the inflator device, initial deployment of the airbag cushion occurs from a lower portion of the side pillar. The initial deployment of the airbag cushion occurs in a cross-vehicle direction toward a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle.
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24 Claims
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1. An inflatable safety restraint assembly for a vehicle, the vehicle having a side pillar, a front instrument panel and a vehicle passenger cabin, the inflatable safety restraint assembly comprising:
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an inflator device; and an airbag cushion connected in gas flow communication with the inflator device; wherein the airbag cushion is a side mounted frontal impact airbag cushion, in a static state a first portion of the airbag cushion is disposed in a lower portion of the side pillar of the vehicle and a second portion of the airbag cushion is disposed below the front instrument panel, and initial deployment of the airbag cushion from the side pillar into the vehicle passenger cabin occurs only below an upper portion of the side pillar, the upper portion of the side pillar being an upper 50 percent of the total length of the side pillar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An inflatable safety restraint assembly for a vehicle having a front instrument panel, a side pillar and a vehicle passenger cabin, the inflatable safety restraint assembly comprising:
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an inflator device; a gas flow control structure connected in gas flow communication to the inflator device to receive inflation gas supplied by the inflator device; a storage housing attached to the gas flow control structure, the storage housing defining a storage chamber; and an airbag cushion connected in gas flow communication to the gas flow control structure; wherein a portion of the gas flow control structure is disposed in the side pillar, the storage housing is disposed below the front instrument panel, in a static state a first portion of the airbag cushion is disposed in the side pillar and a second portion of the airbag cushion is disposed in the storage chamber, and initial deployment of the airbag cushion from the side pillar into the vehicle passenger cabin occurs only below an upper portion of the side pillar, the upper portion of the side pillar being an upper 50 percent of the total length of the side pillar. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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