External side airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Robert William McCoy
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body having two pillars spaced from each other. The body includes a rocker extending from one pillar to the other pillar. An airbag is fixed to the rocker and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag extends outboard of the rocker in the inflated position. The airbag includes a first chamber and a second chamber substantially fluidly separated from each other. The first chamber extends farther outboard of the rocker in the inflated position than the second chamber.
Claims21
A vehicle comprising;
- a body including two pillars spaced from each other, the body including a rocker extending from one pillar to the other pillar;
- an airbag fixed to the rocker and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag extending outboard of the rocker in the inflated position;
- the airbag including a first chamber and a second chamber substantially fluidly separated from each other, the first chamber extending farther outboard of the rocker in the inflated position than the second chamber;
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- the first chamber including a first impact surface and the second chamber including a second impact surface, the second impact surface extends generally along the body and the first impact surface extends transverse to the second impact surface.
(canceled)
An external airbag system comprising;
- a rocker;
- an airbag fixed to the rocker and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag extending outboard of the rocker in the inflated position;
- the airbag including a first chamber and a second chamber substantially fluidly separated from the first chamber, the first chamber extends farther outboard of the rocker in the inflated position than the second chamber;
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- the first chamber including a first impact surface and the second chamber including a second impact surface, the second impact surface extends along the rocker and the first impact surface extends transverse to the second impact surface.
(canceled)
A vehicle comprising;
- a body including two pillars spaced from each other, the body including a rocker extending from one pillar to the other pillar;
- an airbag fixed to the rocker and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag extending outboard of the rocker in the inflated position;
- the airbag including a first chamber and a second chamber substantially fluidly separated from each other, the first chamber extending from the second chamber towards the one pillar and away from the other pillar and extending farther outboard of the rocker in the inflated position than the second chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.