Patent ID: 6520534
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An inflatable occupant protective cushion for use along an upper side area in vehicles between an A-column and a C-column, said inflatable occupant protective cushion comprising:at least two inflatable chambers connected to each other and spaced from each other in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, said chambers including a front chamber that extends, when inflated, next to typical sitting positions of front occupants and a rear chamber that extends, when inflated, next to typical sitting positions of rear occupants, said front and rear chambers having front and rear delineation lines that are curved in a manner to correspond to a perpendicular projection of said typical sitting positions onto the inflated cushion, each chamber being formed by two textile layers that lie on top of each other and that are directly joined to each other only along a circumferential edge, and a plurality of spacers located inside the circumferential edge and joining said textile layers together, each spacer having first and second end portions spaced apart from each other by a predefined length, said first end portion engaging one of said textile layers, said second end portion engaging another of said textile layers to cause said textile layers to be spaced apart from each other by a minimum distance equal to the spacer length when said chambers are inflated.