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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rasik N. Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ;
Abstract
An inflatable occupant restraint for protecting occupants seated in the third row of an automotive vehicle and includes a plurality of inflatable restraint devices mounted approximately vertically adjacent the window between the C pillar and the D pillar and horizontally tethered but movable from a stowed position to an inflated position in response to conditions indicative of the need for inflation of the restraint.