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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Bruce A. Kalandek, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Rochester, MI (US);
Robert Tobian, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Breed Automotive Technologies, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
A side impact or rollover protection restraint system ( ) comprising: an air bag of sufficient length to extend from a first ( ) pillar to at least a second pillar ( ) of the vehicle, the air bag ( ), upon inflation, is of sufficient height to extend from proximate a roof rail ( ) of the vehicle to a location generally adjacent the shoulder of a 50th percentile sized seated occupant such that the inflated air bag will lie between the occupant and a side portion of the vehicle; the air bag including a first and a second panel of material that are joined together to create at least one inflatable volume ( ) and a plurality of internal tethers or separators for forming corresponding bridges between predetermined regions of each of the first and second panel such that upon inflation of the air bag these regions are spaced from one another by an internal tether.