Airbag
AssigneeTK Holdings Inc.
InventorsPaul Maria Antonius Slaats, Jim Karlow, Pongdet Paul Wipasuramonton, Moe Boumarafi
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Abstract
An airbag system for a vehicle includes an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle, a housing for the rear curtain airbag, and an inflator to inflate the rear curtain airbag. The housing, rear curtain airbag, and inflator are mounted to a roof of the vehicle. The rear curtain airbag is configured to deploy to prevent ejection of an occupant out of the rear window and to prevent objects intruding through the rear window from contacting an occupant.
Claims22
An airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle, the rear curtain airbag including a plurality of vertical inflatable chambers;
- a housing for the rear curtain airbag;
- and
- an inflator configured to provide inflation gas for inflating the rear curtain airbag,
- wherein the rear curtain airbag is configured to extend between the rear pillars and covering the rear pillars and at least a majority of the rear window when fully deployed.
An airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle, the rear curtain airbag including a plurality of vertical inflatable chambers;
- a housing for the rear curtain airbag;
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- an inflator configured to provide inflation gas for inflating the rear curtain airbag.
An airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle, wherein the rear curtain airbag includes an inflatable central region positioned between the rear pillars and first and second inflatable pillar lobes, wherein each of the first and second pillar lobes are positioned adjacent one of the rear pillars;
- a housing for the rear curtain airbag;
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- an inflator configured to provide inflation gas for inflating the rear curtain airbag,
- wherein the housing, rear curtain airbag, and inflator are mounted to a roof of the vehicle,
- wherein the rear curtain airbag is configured to bend along a substantially vertically extending first bend line dividing the central region from the first pillar lobe, and
- wherein the rear curtain airbag is configured to bend along a substantially vertically extending second bend line dividing the central region from the second pillar lobe.
An airbag system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle;
- a housing for the rear curtain airbag;
- an inflator configured to provide inflation gas for inflating the rear curtain airbag;
- an external deployment strap connected at one end to the rear curtain airbag, wherein the deployment strap is configured to control a position of the rear curtain airbag when deployed;
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- a rear tether rod fixed to one of the rear pillars in the vehicle, wherein a second end of the external deployment strap is connected to the rear tether rod and configured to slide along the rear tether rod during deployment of the rear curtain airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.