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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Brian J Bailey, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Samuel Wong, Troy, MI (US);
Pongdet P Wipasuramonton, Rochester, MI (US);
Robert Tobian, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Jorg Reuter, Niedernhausen, DE;
Stefan Jost, Wiesbaden, DE;
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
A side impact or rollover protection restraint system (20) comprising: an air bag of sufficient length to extend between two pillars of a vehicle, the air bag (22), upon inflation, is of sufficient height to extend from proximate a roof rail (38) of the vehicle to a location generally adjacent the upper torso of a seated occupant such that the inflated air bag will lie between the occupant and a side portion of the vehicle; the system (20) further including a flexible tube (70) having a plurality of distributed openings (72) thereacross to distribute inflation gas to the air bag means (60) for inflating the air bag.