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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Atsushi Noguchi, Moriyama, JP;
Tetsu Mitsuo, Nissin, JP;
Atsushi Noguchi, Moriyama, JP;
Tetsu Mitsuo, Nissin, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A curtain airbag includes an inflatable cell below a non-inflatable portion that resists being bent when the curtain airbag is inflated. The curtain airbag has a non-inflatable portion and a plurality of inflatable cells that are disposed in front of, behind, above, and below the non-inflatable portion. The lower-side inflatable cell is formed in a convex shape that projects downwardly. When the curtain airbag is inflated, a tensile force acting to pull up the lower-side inflatable cell is generated in the non-inflatable portion. However, as the inflatable cell is formed in a convex shape that projects downwardly, the inflatable cell resists being pulled up and is, therefore, prevented from being bent.