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US 2009/0152848 A1Published application
Active bolster
OwnerChangize Sadr, Ali Totonchian +3inventors
InventorsChangize Sadr, Ali Totonchian, Michael Best, Rimas Ciplijauskas, Raj Roychoudhury
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Abstract
An active bolster for a vehicle is provided, wherein the bolster includes a hollow main body that is inflatable and is self-supporting in both an inflated and in an uninflated position.
Claims36
An inflatable side bolster for mounting on a side of a vehicle, the inflatable side bolster comprising:
- an expansible hollow interior;
- an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow interior;
- an inner wall for projecting inwardly into the vehicle and away from the side of the vehicle on inflation of the expansible hollow interior;
- and,
- an outer wall located between the expansible hollow interior and the side, the outer wall having i) an attachment portion comprising at least one attachment for attaching the outer wall to a portion of the side of the vehicle, and ii) a peripheral portion bordering the attachment portion;
- wherein the outer wall is mountable to the portion of the side by the at least one attachment such that the outer wall remains attached to the portion of the side by the at least one attachment during inflation, and the peripheral portion of the outer wall is free to move relative to the portion of the side of the vehicle to facilitate expansion of the expansible hollow interior during inflation.
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A vehicle door comprising:
- a window;
- a door body adjacent to the window portion;
- an armrest attached to the door body;
- an inflatable bolster having i) an expansible hollow portion;
- ii) an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow portion;
- iii) an inner wall for projecting inwardly into the vehicle and away from the door on inflation of the expansible hollow portion;
- iv) an outer wall located between the expansible hollow portion and the door body, the outer wall having an attachment portion comprising at least one attachment for attaching the outer wall to a portion of the door, and a peripheral portion bordering the attachment portion,
- wherein the outer wall is mountable to the door body by the at least one attachment such that the outer wall remains attached to the door body by the at least one attachment during inflation, and the peripheral portion of the outer wall is free to move relative to the door body to facilitate expansion of the expansible hollow portion during inflation.
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An inflatable side bolster for a side of a vehicle, the inflatable side bolster comprising:
- an expansible hollow interior;
- an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow interior;
- an inner wall for projecting inwardly into the vehicle and away from the side of the vehicle on inflation of the expansible hollow interior;
- and,
- an outer wall located between the expansible hollow interior and the side, the outer wall having at least one attachment for attaching the outer wall to a portion of the side of the vehicle.
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A vehicle seat comprising:
- a body-supporting surface;
- a back surface opposite to the body-supporting surface;
- an inflatable bolster having i) an expansible hollow portion;
- ii) an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow portion;
- iii) an occupant-side wall for projecting away from the seat on inflation of the expansible hollow portion to displace at least one of the body-supporting surface and the back surface.
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A vehicle floor bolster comprising:
- an expansible hollow portion;
- an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow portion;
- and,
- a foot-supporting surface for supporting a pair f feet before inflation and for projecting upward on inflation of the expansible hollow portion to raise the pair of feet.
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A vehicle rollover bar bolster for mounting on a vehicle rollover bar, the vehicle roll-over bar bolster comprising:
- an expansible hollow interior;
- an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow interior;
- a radially outer wall for projecting outwardly away from the vehicle roll-over bar on inflation of the expansible hollow interior;
- and,
- a radially inner wall for attachment to the vehicle rollover bar, the radially inner wall being located between the expansible hollow interior and the vehicle rollover bar.
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A vehicle roof bolster comprising:
- an expansible hollow portion;
- an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow portion;
- and,
- a roof surface for projecting away from a vehicle roof on inflation of the expansible hollow portion.
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A vehicle pillar bolster comprising:
- an expansible hollow portion;
- an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow portion;
- and,
- a pillar surface for projecting into the vehicle on inflation of the expansible hollow portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.