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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Robert E. Resh, Dryden, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus (,) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle (,) that has a side structure (,) and a roof (,) comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,). The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,) is inflatable away from the vehicle roof (,) into a position between the side structure (,) of the vehicle (,) and a vehicle occupant. The inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,), when inflated, has a bottom edge (,) spaced apart from the vehicle roof (,) and front and rear bottom corners (,and,). An inflation fluid source (,) provides inflation fluid for inflating the inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,). The apparatus (,) includes a flexible elongated member (,) that has a first end (,) connected to the side structure (,) of the vehicle (,) at a first location (,). The flexible elongated member (,) also has an opposite second end (,) connected to the inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,) at a second location (,). The second location (,) is spaced away from the corners (,and,) of the inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,).