# US 10,872,281 B2 · Airbag with bar code > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,281 B2 - Document ID: US10872281B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/163,620 - Filed: 2018-10-18 - Published: 2020-04-23 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-18 - Assignees: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. - Applicants: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. - Inventors: Bruce R. Hill; Philipp Ritter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872281B2 ## CPC - G06K 19/06028: {using bar codes} - B60R 21/213: in vehicle roof frames or pillars - B60R 21/23138: {specially adapted for side protection (B60R21/23184, B60R21/232 take precedence)} - B60R 21/232: Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge - B60R 21/237: characterised by the way they are folded - B62D 65/14: the sub-units or components being passenger compartment fittings, e.g. seats, linings, trim, instrument panels - G06K 1/121: {by printing code marks (applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26)} - G06K 2019/06253: {for a specific application} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device recited in claim 1, wherein the indicia is printed on an inboard side of the curtain airbag facing an occupant of the vehicle when deployed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device recited in claim 2, wherein the indicia indicates twisting of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag is outboard rolled and/or folded along its length. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device recited in claim 1, wherein the indicia extends substantially parallel to the upper edge portion of the curtain airbag. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device recited in claim 1, wherein the indicia includes information for tracking the curtain airbag. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device recited in claim 1, wherein the indicia includes at least one of the length, height, and position of the curtain airbag in the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, recited in claim 1, wherein the curtain airbag is rolled and/or folded along an axis, the indicia extending parallel to the axis when the curtain airbag is properly rolled and being helically wound around the axis when the curtain airbag is improperly rolled. ### Claim 8 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. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 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.