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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas R Smith, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Julius Michael Vida, Brighton, MI (US);
Jeffrey A Upchurch, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ;
Abstract
A dual roof rail air bag is provided with an integrated fill system. The air bag system has an inflatable curtain attached to the roof rail of the vehicle, and an inflatable tube structure attached to the bottom end of the inflatable curtain. A single manifold simultaneously provides gas from an inflator to the inflatable curtain and the inflatable tube structure in an integrated manner.