Airbag with bar code
AssigneeTRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
InventorsBruce R. Hill, Philipp Ritter
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Abstract
An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device includes a curtain airbag having an upper edge portion for securing to an interior of a vehicle for deployment between a side structure of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant. Indicia extends along the length of the curtain airbag for indicating twisting of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag is rolled up along its length. The indicia includes a bar code printed on the airbag.
Claims10
An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, comprising:
- a curtain airbag having an upper edge portion for securing to an interior of a vehicle for deployment between a side structure of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant;
- and
- indicia extending along the length of the curtain airbag for indicating twisting of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag is rolled up and/or folded along its length, the indicia including a bar code printed on the airbag fabric.
A method of installing an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device in a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a curtain airbag having a length and indicia extending along the length;
- rolling and/or folding the curtain airbag about an axis;
- determining an orientation of the indicia on the rolled and/or folded curtain airbag relative to the axis;
- installing the rolled and/or folded curtain airbag in the vehicle when the indicia extends parallel to the axis;
- and
- unrolling and/or unfolding and rerolling and/or refolding the curtain airbag about the axis when the indicia is helically wound around the axis.
A method of installing an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device in a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a curtain airbag having a length and indicia extending along the length;
- rolling and/or folding the curtain airbag about an axis;
- determining an orientation of the indicia on the rolled and/or folded curtain airbag relative to the axis;
- and
- installing the rolled and/or folded curtain airbag in the vehicle when the indicia extends parallel to the axis, wherein the indicia is provided on an inboard side of the curtain airbag and the curtain airbag is outboard rolled and/or folded about the axis.
A method of installing an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device in a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a curtain airbag having a length and indicia extending along the length;
- rolling and/or folding the curtain airbag about an axis;
- determining an orientation of the indicia on the rolled and/or folded curtain airbag relative to the axis;
- and
- installing the rolled and/or folded curtain airbag in the vehicle when the indicia extends parallel to the axis, wherein the indicia includes a bar code printed on the airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.