Patent ID: 11897411
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. An occupant protection system for a vehicle, the occupant protection system comprising:
an expandable curtain configured to provide a reaction surface;
a first inflator configured to, based at least in part on receiving a first signal, inflate the expandable curtain from a first stowed state to a first deployed state;
an expandable bladder configured to arrest a motion of an occupant or an object in a seat of the vehicle;
a second inflator configured to, based at least in part on receiving a second signal, inflate the expandable bladder from a second stowed state to a second deployed state, the second inflator being different than the first inflator wherein the expandable bladder or the expandable curtain extends from a ceiling of the vehicle in the second deployed state; and
a deployment controller coupled to the first inflator and the second inflator and configured to, based at least in part on receiving a collision signal indicative of at least one of a collision or a predicted collision, activate the first inflator and the second inflator sequentially or simultaneously.