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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Russel Brantman, Tampa, FL (US);
Hendrik Bernardus Helleman, Brandon, FL (US);
Said Shafik Nakhla, Lakeland, FL (US);
Michael F Daly, Tampa, FL (US);
Atul N Patel, Lakeland, FL (US);
Jesse Livermore, Northville, MI (US);
Jayant Patel, Troy, MI (US);
Stephen Smith, Dillsboro, NC (US);
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
A side safety barrier device to protect occupants of a vehicle includes a crash sensor to generate at least one actuator signal when a crash having predetermined properties is sensed. A safety barrier is normally stored in the headliner of the vehicle in a first or stored position and selectively deployable to a second or deployed position by the safety barrier deployment assembly when signaled by the crash sensor to separate or isolate the side of the vehicle on which the side safety device is disposed from the interior of the vehicle.