Patent ID: 11951929
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An occupant protection system, comprising:
an expandable curtain comprising:
a first side;
a second side that is spaced from the first side; and
a transverse portion extending between the first side and the second side;

a first inflator configured to inflate the expandable curtain from a first stowed state to a first deployed state;
a first expandable bladder configured to nest between the first side of the expandable curtain and the second side of the expandable curtain;
a second inflator configured to inflate the first expandable bladder from a second stowed state to a second deployed state, the first inflator being different than the second inflator; and
a second expandable bladder configured to nest, when in a third deployed state, between the first side of the expandable curtain and the second side of the expandable curtain, wherein the second expandable bladder is laterally adjacent to the first expandable bladder, the first expandable bladder being independent from the second expandable bladder.