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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Christopher Tonkin, Lewes, Sussex, BN8 6AP, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
A safety system for a vehicle has a number of airbags ( ) typically sited within a recess ( ) in paneling of a vehicle (V). To avert the possibility of extensive damage caused by an impact, the airbags are selectively deployed. Each airbag ( ) has a multi-chambered structure ( ). The multi-chambered structure of each airbag is further arranged such that the chambers are rupturable separately from one another and are not of a vented type. More preferable, the individual chambers ( ) are rupturable at different pressures whereby an airbag as a whole provides a cascade of energy absorbing impacts.