Patent ID: 7469923
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An inflatable cushion for deployment along an interior side of a vehicle, comprising: a first inflatable portion having an opening providing fluid communication into a low permeable inflation chamber of said first inflatable portion; a second inflatable portion having an opening providing fluid communication into a low permeable inflation chamber of said second inflatable portion; a fluid dispersing conduit comprising a rigid tubular member connecting the opening of said first inflatable portion and the opening of said second inflatable portion, said fluid dispersing conduit comprising an inlet opening configured to receive an inflation force for inflating said first inflatable portion and said second inflatable portion, said fluid dispersing conduit traverses a gap between said first inflatable portion and said second inflatable portion; and a non-inflatable member disposed in said gap between said first inflatable portion and said second inflatable portion, wherein the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion are only secured to each other by the non-inflatable member and the fluid dispersing conduit, wherein said first inflatable portion has a forward leading edge and a rearward edge and said second inflatable portion has a forward leading edge and a rearward edge, wherein said rearward edge of said first inflatable portion and said forward leading edge of said second inflatable portion are in a facing spaced relationship when the inflatable cushion is inflated and said non-inflatable member being disposed along substantially all of the rearward edge of the first inflatable portion and along substantially all of the forward leading edge of the second inflatable portion: wherein a portion of said first inflatable portion proximate to said opening is sealingly engaged about a portion of said fluid dispersing conduit by a clamp and a portion of said second inflatable portion proximate to said opening is sealingly engaged about another portion of said fluid dispersing conduit by another clamp.