Side curtain and multi-compartment vehicular airbags
First Claim
1. A vehicle, comprising:
- a frame defining a passenger compartment and a ceiling defining a top of said passenger compartment;
windows on left and right sides of said passenger compartment; and
a side curtain air bag system comprising;
an airbag housing including a multi-layer side curtain airbag arranged to deploy to a position alongside said window(s) on the left and/or right side of said passenger compartment, said side curtain airbag including at least first and second layers, said first layer being an outermost layer of said side curtain airbag and being made of film; and
an inflator arranged in flow communication with an interior of said side curtain airbag and which generates an inflating medium to inflate said side curtain airbag to provide said side curtain airbag with an inflated state in which said side curtain airbag contains the inflating medium and is situated alongside said window(s) on the left and/or right side of the passenger compartment.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Side curtain air bag system for a vehicle including an airbag housing including a side curtain airbag arranged to deploy to a position alongside the windows on the left and/or right side of the passenger compartment and having at least one sheet of material forming a plurality of interconnected compartments receivable of an inflating medium, and an inflator arranged in flow communication with an interior of the side curtain airbag and which generates an inflating medium to inflate it and thereby provide it with an inflated state in which the compartments contain the inflating medium and are situated alongside the windows on the left and/or right side of the passenger compartment. The airbag may include at least one sheet of film and at least one sheet of woven material coupled thereto.
44 Citations
30 Claims
-
1. A vehicle, comprising:
-
a frame defining a passenger compartment and a ceiling defining a top of said passenger compartment;
windows on left and right sides of said passenger compartment; and
a side curtain air bag system comprising;
an airbag housing including a multi-layer side curtain airbag arranged to deploy to a position alongside said window(s) on the left and/or right side of said passenger compartment, said side curtain airbag including at least first and second layers, said first layer being an outermost layer of said side curtain airbag and being made of film; and
an inflator arranged in flow communication with an interior of said side curtain airbag and which generates an inflating medium to inflate said side curtain airbag to provide said side curtain airbag with an inflated state in which said side curtain airbag contains the inflating medium and is situated alongside said window(s) on the left and/or right side of the passenger compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A side curtain airbag for protecting vehicular occupants from injury during a crash by deploying along a left and/or right side of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising:
at least first and second layers of material, said first layer being an outermost layer of said side curtain airbag and being made of film such that when deploying along the left and/or right side of the passenger compartment, said film is exposed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
26. A side curtain airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
-
an airbag housing including a multi-layer side curtain airbag arranged to deploy to a position alongside a window on the left and/or right side of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, said side curtain airbag including at least first and second layers, said first layer being an outermost layer of said side curtain airbag and being made of film;
an inflator arranged in flow communication with an interior of said side curtain airbag and which generates an inflating medium to inflate said side curtain airbag to provide said side curtain airbag with an inflated state in which said side curtain airbag contains the inflating medium and is situated alongside the window on the left and/or right side of the passenger compartment; and
a sensor system coupled to said inflator for detecting a crash condition involving the vehicle which requires deployment of said side curtain airbag, said sensor system being arranged to control said inflator system to generate the inflating medium when the crash condition is detected. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
-
Specification