Patent ID: 6631921
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An airbag arrangement in a motor vehicle, the air bag arrangement comprising an inflatable element including fabric and a gas generator means adapted to inflate the inflatable element in response to the sensing of predetermined conditions, the inflatable element being initially stored in a non-linear recess, channel or housing provided in the motor vehicle extending above a door opening of the motor vehicle, the inflatable element having an upper edge provided with anchoring means connected to points within the recess, channel or housing, the inflatable element having a first chamber adjacent to the upper edge thereof adapted to be inflated, and also having a second discrete chamber adjacent to a lower edge thereof, said second chamber being of elongate form and being associated with anchoring means to anchor opposite ends of the second chamber to fixed points in the motor vehicle, the second chamber being configured so that the length of the lower edge of the inflatable element is reduced on inflation of the second chamber to tension the lower edge of the inflatable element, the fabric defining the first chamber being of greater porosity than the fabric forming the second chamber.