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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy A. Swann, Mesa, AZ (US);
Dan Lohavanijaya, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ;
Abstract
Apparatus ( ) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle ( ) that has a side structure ( ) including a side door ( ) includes an inflatable tubular structure ( ) and an inflation fluid source ( ) for providing inflation fluid for inflating the inflatable tubular structure. The inflatable tubular structure ( ) has a stored position in which the inflatable tubular structure is deflated and stored in the side door ( ). The inflatable tubular structure ( ) is inflatable from the stored position to a deployed position in which the inflatable tubular structure is inflated and positioned between the side structure ( ) of the vehicle ( ) and a vehicle occupant.