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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/124 ;
Abstract
An inflatable curtain for protecting the occupants of a vehicle during a collision is provided. The inflatable curtain may include an inflatable portion. The inflatable portion may include a plurality of inflation chambers. The inflatable curtain may also include a non-inflatable portion. The non-inflatable portion may include one or more expandable sections disposed between adjacent inflation chambers. Deployment of the inflatable curtain typically causes the inflation chambers to contract in a horizontal direction. Deployment of the inflatable curtain also causes each of the expandable sections to expand horizontally, compensating for the contraction that occurs in the inflation chambers.