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US 9,327,669 B2Granted
Wrap-around curtain for a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Robert William McCoy
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Abstract
A vehicle curtain system comprises a curtain having at least a front wall and two side walls, at least one pretensioner having a corresponding pretensioner cable, and a plurality of tethers, each having a first end attached to the curtain.
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A vehicle curtain system comprising:
- a curtain having at least a front wall and two side walls;
- one or more pretensioners, each having a corresponding pretensioner cable;
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- a plurality of tethers, each having a first end attached to the curtain and a second end arranged to be attachable to one of a vehicle roof and a vehicle pillar;
- wherein each pretensioner is configured to apply force to the corresponding pretensioner cable to deploy the curtain and the one or more pretensioners are a sole mechanism provided to apply force to deploy the curtain downward;
- wherein at least one of the second ends is attached to the vehicle roof and at least one of the second ends is attached to at least one of the vehicle pillars.
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A vehicle curtain system comprising:
- a curtain having at least a front wall and two side walls;
- one or more pretensioners affixed to a vehicle body, each pretensioner having a corresponding pretensioner cable with a first end attached to the curtain and a second end attached to the pretensioner;
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- a plurality of tethers, each having a first end attached to the curtain and a second end arranged to be attachable to one of a vehicle roof and a vehicle pillar;
- wherein each pretensioner is configured to apply force to the corresponding pretensioner cable to deploy the curtain and the one or more pretensioners are a sole mechanism provided to apply force to deploy the curtain downward;
- wherein at least one of the second ends is attached to the vehicle roof and at least one of the second ends is attached to at least one of the vehicle pillars.
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A vehicle curtain system comprising:
- a curtain having at least a front wall and two side walls;
- one or more pretensioners, each having a corresponding pretensioner cable;
- a controller;
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- a plurality of tethers, each having a first end attached to the curtain and a second end arranged to be attachable to one of a vehicle roof and a vehicle pillar;
- wherein the controller is programmed to trigger each pretensioner to apply force to the corresponding pretensioner cable to deploy the curtain and the one or more pretensioners are a sole mechanism provided to apply force to deploy the curtain downward;
- wherein at least one of the second ends is attached to the vehicle roof and at least one of the second ends is attached to at least one of the vehicle pillars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.