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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Andrew M. Haig, Ferndale, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus ( ) helps protect an occupant of a vehicle ( ) that has a side structure ( ). The apparatus ( ) includes a vehicle occupant protection device ( ) that has a lower edge ( ) connected to the side structure ( ). The protection device ( ) is deployable from a stored position located in the side structure ( ) to a deployed position in which at least a portion of the protection device is positioned above a sill ( ) of the side structure and adjacent the vehicle occupant. A deployment device ( ) is fixedly connected to the side structure ( ) and includes an elongated rigid deployment member ( ) connected to the protection device ( ). The deployment device ( ) is actuatable from a stored position to a deployed position in which the deployment member projects above the sill ( ). The deployment member ( ) moves the protection device ( ) from the stored position to the deployed position when the deployment device ( ) is actuated. The apparatus ( ) also includes a portion ( ) for locking the deployment member ( ) in the deployed position.