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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Russell E. Stein, Leonard, MI (US);
Ayad G. Nayef, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kevin J. Boxey, Columbiaville, MI (US);
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Russell E. Stein, Leonard, MI (US);
Ayad G. Nayef, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kevin J. Boxey, Columbiaville, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () inflatable into a position between a side structure () of a vehicle () and a vehicle occupant (). The protection device () includes a forwardmost inflatable chamber (). The protection device () is rolled up in an outboard direction into a stored position. An inflation fluid source () provides inflation fluid for inflating the device () for at least five seconds. The device () is adapted to inflate and unroll in a downward direction away from the vehicle roof (). A first portion () is adapted to engage an occupant's head () positioned against the side structure (). The first portion () moves the occupant's head () laterally in the vehicle () away from the side structure () and inflates between the side structure of the vehicle and the occupant's head.