Trw Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

Chang H Lee

Ali Emam Bakhsh

Ayad G Nayef

Al A Saberan

Jay Douglas Blackson

Apparatus () for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle () includes an inflatable windshield curtain (). The windshield curtain () is inflatable away from a roof () of the vehicle to a position between a windshield () of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant. The windshield curtain () includes an inflatable upper portion () and an inflatable lower portion (). The upper portion () is inflatable between the roof () and an instrument panel () of the vehicle () and between the windshield () and a vehicle occupant. The lower portion () is bifurcated and includes a first chamber () inflatable against a surface () of the instrument panel () presented generally toward the vehicle occupant. The lower portion () also includes a second chamber () inflatable against the windshield () and a surface () of the instrument panel () adjacent the windshield.

Inflatable windshield curtain

A windshield curtain () is inflatable away from a roof () of a vehicle () to a position between a windshield () of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant and between an instrument panel () of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The windshield curtain () includes a center panel () that has a length and opposite first and second side portions (and) that extend along its length. The windshield curtain () also includes first and second side panels (and), each having a respective periphery (and). The periphery () of the first side panel () is interconnected with the center panel () along the first side portion () of the center panel. The periphery () of the second side panel () is interconnected with the center panel along the second side portion () of the center panel.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Chang H Lee