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US 12,630,108 B1Granted
Occupant protection system with deployable curtains and airbags
AssigneeZoox, Inc.
InventorMarkus Jost
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a first expandable curtain, a second expandable curtain, a third expandable curtain, a first airbag, and a second airbag disposed in the roof of the vehicle. The first expandable curtain, the second expandable curtain, the third expandable curtain, the first airbag, and the second airbag are selectively deployable from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. The third expandable curtain couples to the first expandable curtain and the second expandable curtain.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a first seat;
- a second seat;
- and
- an occupant protection system including:
- a first side expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the first side expandable curtain including:
- a first section configured to extend along a first portion of a first interior side of the vehicle, the first section having a first side airbag expandable proximate the first interior side and the first seat, and
- a second section configured to extend along a second portion of the first interior side of the vehicle, the second section having a second side airbag expandable proximate the first interior side and the second seat;
- a second side expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the second side expandable curtain including:
- a third section configured to extend along a first portion of a second interior side of the vehicle, the third section having a third side airbag expandable proximate the second interior side and the first seat, and
- a fourth section configured to extend along a second portion of the second interior side of the vehicle, the fourth section having a fourth side airbag expandable proximate the second interior side and the second seat;
- a central expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the central expandable curtain having an airbag expandable at least partially between the first interior side and the second interior side, the central expandable curtain including:
- a top portion that is not coupled to the first side expandable curtain and the second side expandable curtain, and
- a bottom portion coupled to the first side expandable curtain and the second side expandable curtain;
- a first frontal airbag configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the first frontal airbag configured to deploy adjacent to the first seat, the first frontal airbag including:
- a first channel,
- a second channel, and
- a first central chamber fluidly connected to the first channel and the second channel, wherein the first central chamber is inflated after the first channel and the second channel are at least partially inflated;
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- a second frontal airbag configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the second frontal airbag configured to deploy adjacent to the second seat, the second frontal airbag including:
- a third channel,
- a fourth channel, and
- a second central chamber fluidly connected to the third channel and the fourth channel, wherein the second central chamber is inflated after the third channel and the fourth channel are at least partially inflated.
19 more elements
A system comprising:
- a first expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the first expandable curtain including one or more first airbags that inflate;
- a second expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the second expandable curtain including one or more second airbags that inflate;
- a third expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the third expandable curtain including:
- a top portion which is not connected to either the first expandable curtain and the second expandable curtain, and
- a bottom portion coupled to the first expandable curtain and the second expandable curtain such that the third expandable curtain expands from the stowed state to the deployed state during (i) expansion of the first expandable curtain from the stowed state to the deployed state and (ii) expansion of the second expandable curtain from the stowed state to the deployed state;
- and
- a third airbag configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state.
4 more elements
A system comprising:
- a first expandable curtain disposed in a roof of a vehicle, the first expandable curtain being configured to selectively deploy from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration;
- a second expandable curtain disposed in the roof of the vehicle, the second expandable curtain being configured to selectively deploy from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration;
- a third expandable curtain disposed in the roof of the vehicle, the third expandable curtain being configured to selectively deploy from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration;
- a first airbag disposed in the roof of the vehicle, the first airbag being configured to selectively deploy from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration, the first airbag including:
- a first channel,
- a second channel, and
- a first central chamber fluidly connected to the first channel and the second channel, wherein the first central chamber is inflated after the first channel and the second channel are at least partially inflated;
- and
- a second airbag disposed in the roof of the vehicle, the second airbag being configured to selectively deploy from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.