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US 8,556,291 B2Granted
Airbag in privacy wall
AssigneeZodiac Seats France
InventorsRakibul Islam, Robert W. Trimble, Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre, Frederic Quatanens, Jeremy Cailleteau, Jeremy Gaudin, Virgile Martinez, Jean-Marc Obadia
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide an airbag system designed to deploy from a privacy wall in a diagonal manner.
Claims7
An airbag system, comprising:
- (a) a curved privacy wall on an aircraft having a side wall and a front wall;
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- (b) an airbag having a first connection end and a second connection end;
- wherein the first connection end is configured to be secured on a portion of the side wall close to or behind a passenger's shoulder, and wherein the second connection end is configured to be secured on a portion of the front wall located in front of and across from the passenger's other shoulder, such that in use, the airbag deploys diagonally across the passenger, spanning a distance from close to or behind the passenger's shoulder nearest the side wall, across the passenger's body, to a distance away from the passenger's opposite shoulder on the privacy wall.
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An airbag designed for deployment from an aircraft privacy wall, comprising a generally tubular cross-section, a first connection end, a second connection end, and a tension-applying support feature;
- wherein the first connection end is configured to be secured on a portion of a privacy side wall close to or behind a passenger's shoulder, and wherein the second connection end is configured to be secured on a portion of a privacy front wall located forward of and across from the passenger's other shoulder, such that the airbag deploys diagonally across the passenger, spanning a distance from close to or behind the passenger's shoulder nearest the side wall, across the passenger's body, to a distance away from the passenger's opposite shoulder on the privacy wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.