Curtain airbag
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1. A curtain airbag that is stored in an upper portion of a side face section in the interior of a vehicle and that is inflated and deployed along the side face section, the curtain airbag comprising:
- a front chamber partitioned by a non-inflation region from and provided at a frontmost side of a main chamber located adjacent to a seat of the vehicle, wherein the front chamber when inflated and deployed overlaps a divider-bar that separates a side window from a front pillar window of the vehicle, the front chamber being restricted to the area beneath a front pillar of the vehicle wherein the front chamber has a single gas inflow port, the gas inflow port being of a size that limits a reception amount of gas per unit time from an adjacent chamber such that inflation and deployment are implemented in the front chamber after implementation with respect to other chambers of the curtain airbag,at least one tab that fixes the front chamber to the vehicle at an upper edge of the front chamber, whereinthe at least one tab includes a first tab that is provided on a straight line that joins, in the shortest distance, a front pillar of the vehicle and an impact point center, the impact point center being the center of an assumed impact area of the front chamber.
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A curtain airbag for mitigating vehicle occupant ejection. The curtain airbag is stored in the upper portion of a side face section in the interior of a vehicle and is inflated and deployed along the side face section. The curtain airbag includes a front chamber partitioned at the frontmost side of an inflation region. The front chamber is inflated and deployed overlapping a divider-bar that separates a side window from a front pillar window.
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1. A curtain airbag that is stored in an upper portion of a side face section in the interior of a vehicle and that is inflated and deployed along the side face section, the curtain airbag comprising:
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a front chamber partitioned by a non-inflation region from and provided at a frontmost side of a main chamber located adjacent to a seat of the vehicle, wherein the front chamber when inflated and deployed overlaps a divider-bar that separates a side window from a front pillar window of the vehicle, the front chamber being restricted to the area beneath a front pillar of the vehicle wherein the front chamber has a single gas inflow port, the gas inflow port being of a size that limits a reception amount of gas per unit time from an adjacent chamber such that inflation and deployment are implemented in the front chamber after implementation with respect to other chambers of the curtain airbag, at least one tab that fixes the front chamber to the vehicle at an upper edge of the front chamber, wherein the at least one tab includes a first tab that is provided on a straight line that joins, in the shortest distance, a front pillar of the vehicle and an impact point center, the impact point center being the center of an assumed impact area of the front chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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