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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Bruce A. Kalandek, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Rochester, MI (US);
Philip J. Macy, Clarkston, MI (US);
Jovica J. Jakovski, Warren, MI (US);
Mark O. Olson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael A. Hague, Troy, MI (US);
Shakir M. Salmo, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John C. Maclean, Brown City, MI (US);
Bruce A. Kalandek, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Rochester, MI (US);
Philip J. Macy, Clarkston, MI (US);
Jovica J. Jakovski, Warren, MI (US);
Mark O. Olson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael A. Hague, Troy, MI (US);
Shakir M. Salmo, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John C. MacLean, Brown City, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A side impact air bag curtain apparatus comprising: an inflatable air bag adapted to be installed within a vehicle in a stowed condition proximate the roof rail of a vehicle and when inflated expands from the stowed condition to a deployed condition generally in front of an adjacent side of the vehicle; the air bag including a set of first air bag anchors fixedly connected to a determinable set of fixed first vehicle anchors within the vehicle, the air bag including at least one second air bag anchor at an end of the air bag; and a force-resolving member such as a bent rod or other member fixedly mounted at a determinable orientation within the vehicle and adapted to slidingly receive and support the second air bag anchor. The force-resolving member in concert with the foreshortening of the air bag during inflation causing the second air bag anchor to move to a preferred orientation.