Curtain airbag system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideki Kato, Yosuke Shimizu
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Abstract
A curtain airbag of a curtain airbag system includes a main chamber stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar, and a front auxiliary chamber formed integrally with the main chamber and stored in a folded condition in a roof header portion. The main chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of a vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle. The front auxiliary chamber is inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the main chamber such that a lower portion of the front auxiliary chamber as seen in a side view of the vehicle overlaps a front side door.
Claims11
A curtain airbag system for a vehicle, comprising
- a curtain airbag including a first deployment portion stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar of the vehicle, and a second deployment portion that is formed integrally with the first deployment portion, and is stored in a folded condition between a roof panel and a ceiling material, wherein:
- the first deployment portion is adapted to be inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of the vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle;
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- the second deployment portion is adapted to be inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, to be deployed in front of the first deployment portion such that a lower portion of the second deployment portion as seen in a side view of the vehicle overlaps a side door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.