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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Brian Fulmer, Hooper, UT (US);
Alex S. Damman, Dublin, OH (US);
Rebecca Ann Deaguiar, Middleboro, MA (US);
Brian Fulmer, Hooper, UT (US);
Alex S. Damman, Dublin, OH (US);
Rebecca Ann DeAguiar, Middleboro, MA (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a side curtain airbag assembly for protecting an occupant of a vehicle is provided. The side curtain airbag assembly comprises an inflatable cushion configured to be installed between a roof rail and an upper vehicle trim of the vehicle. The inflatable cushion is deployable from an uninflated state to an inflated state by gas from a gas generator. The inflatable cushion includes a side protection panel having an upper perimeter portion and one or more sub chambers. The sub chambers inflate downward from the upper perimeter portion. An upward deploying chamber is in fluid communication with the side protection panel and inflates upward between the roof rail and the upper vehicle trim.