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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
AL A. Saberan, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Ayad G. Nayef, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jay Blackson, Dryden, MI (US);
Chang H. Lee, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ali Emam Bakhsh, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Al A. Saberan, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Ayad G. Nayef, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jay Blackson, Dryden, MI (US);
Chang H. Lee, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
A windshield curtain () is inflatable away from a roof () of a vehicle () to a position between a windshield () of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant and between an instrument panel () of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The windshield curtain () includes a center panel () that has a length and opposite first and second side portions (and) that extend along its length. The windshield curtain () also includes first and second side panels (and), each having a respective periphery (and). The periphery () of the first side panel () is interconnected with the center panel () along the first side portion () of the center panel. The periphery () of the second side panel () is interconnected with the center panel along the second side portion () of the center panel.