Patent ID: 7213836
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A curtain air bag module for protecting occupants of a vehicle, the module comprising an air bag having opposing panels of material with a generally enclosed perimeter and forward and rear inflatable regions within the perimeter, a distribution tube located proximate a top of the enclosed perimeter and generally above each of the inflatable regions, the tube having a first end adapted to receive inflation gas and a first set and a second set of openings for communicating inflation gas to each of the forward and rear inflatable region, the second set of openings located proximate an end of the distribution tube and above the forward inflatable region, the distribution tube configured so that a stream of inflation gas exiting the second set of openings is at an angle to the tube, the air bag having a plurality of interconnected regions linking the opposing panels together at various locations throughout the air bag, one of these interconnected regions extending from a top portion of the periphery of the air bag, proximate an end of the distribution tube and partially extending into the forward inflatable region sufficient to intercept the stream of inflation gas, the one interconnected region disposed at an angle to a stream of inflation gas and to the top of the perimeter of the air bag.