Airbag apparatus

An air bag apparatus adapted so as to be suitably located along the front-to-rear axis of an interior roof side rail on a vehicle body, the air bag apparatus comprising

• an air bag body;
• an inflator means being in fluid communication with the air bag body;
• and
• a fluid supply delay means located between the inflator means and the air bag body,
• the air bag body comprising a plurality of inflatable chambers defined along the front-to-rear axis of the vehicle body, each of the inflatable chambers comprising a fluid inlet port,
• the plurality of inflatable chambers comprising at least one specific chamber and at least one general chamber, wherein when in the deployed state the at least one specific chamber is positioned adjacent to a pillar member of a vehicle side portion of the vehicle body and when in the deployed state the at least one general chamber is located adjacent to a side-wall of the vehicle side portion,
• the air bag body 3 being stowed in an upward direction when in an undeployed state, upon deployment, the inflator means supplies a high-pressure fluid to the air bag body thereby inflating each of the plurality of inflatable chambers in the downward direction along the side portion of the vehicle body, and the fluid supply delay means selectively delays the supply of the high-pressure fluid to the at least one specific chamber relative to the at least one general chamber.

An air bag apparatus adapted so as to be suitably located along the front-to-rear axis of an interior roof side rail on a vehicle body, the air bag apparatus comprising:

• an air bag body;
• an inflator being in fluid communication with the air bag body;
• and
• a fluid supply delay arrangement located between the inflator and the air bag body,
• the air bag body comprising a plurality of inflatable chambers defined along the front-to-rear axis of the vehicle body, wherein each of the inflatable chambers comprises a fluid inlet port,
• the plurality of inflatable chambers comprising at least one specific chamber and at least one general chamber, when in the deployed state the at least one specific chamber is positioned adjacent to a pillar member of a vehicle side portion of the vehicle body and when in the deployed state the at least one general chamber is located adjacent to a side-wall of the vehicle side portion,
• the air bag body being stowed in an upward direction when in an undeployed state, upon deployment, the inflator supplies a high-pressure fluid to the air bag body thereby inflating each of the plurality of chambers in the downward direction along the side portion of the vehicle body, and the fluid supply delay arrangement selectively delays the supply of the high-pressure fluid to the at least one specific chamber relative to the at least one general chamber.

An air bag apparatus adapted so as to be suitably located along the front-to-rear axis of the interior facing side roof rail of a vehicle body, the air bag apparatus comprising:

• an air bag body;
• an inflator being in fluid communication with the air bag body;
• and
• a fluid supply delay arrangement,
• the air bag body comprising a plurality of inflatable chambers, each of the inflatable chambers comprising a fluid inlet port,
• the plurality of inflatable chambers comprising at least one specific chamber and at least one general chamber, when in the deployed state, the at least one specific chamber is positioned adjacent to a pillar member of a vehicle side portion of the vehicle body and the at least one general chamber is located adjacent to a side-wall of the vehicle side portion,
• when in use, the inflator supplies a high-pressure fluid to the air bag body thereby inflating each of the plurality of chambers and the fluid supply delay arrangement selectively delays the supply of the high-pressure fluid to the at least one specific chamber relative to the at least one general chamber.