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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
AL A. Saberan, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Rico Scott Bertossi, Richmond, MI (US);
Ayad E. Nayef, Sterling Hts., MI (US);
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Al A. Saberan, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Rico Scott Bertossi, Richmond, MI (US);
Ayad E. Nayef, Sterling Hts., MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus () for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () and an inflator (). The protection device () is inflatable from a stored position along a forward edge () of a vehicle roof () to a deployed position overlying the windshield (). The protection device () while in the deployed position covers the windshield () from an A pillar () on a driver side () of the vehicle () to an A pillar of a passenger side () of the vehicle and from an upper edge () of the windshield to a position near a lower edge () of the windshield. The protection device () while deployed also covers the driver and passenger side A pillars ().