Patent ID: 8967661
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising a pillar; a roof rail located above the pillar; a pillar trim panel mounted to the pillar; a window positioned adjacent to the pillar and beneath the roof rail; a guide rail extending along an area above the window and along the roof rail; a pillar airbag mounted to the pillar in a stowed orientation between the pillar trim panel and the pillar, an upper end of the pillar airbag being movably coupled to the guide rail and arranged to be deployed in a first direction extending away from the pillar in a deployed orientation; a curtain airbag mounted along the roof rail in a stowed orientation, and arranged to be deployed in a downward direction extending away from the roof rail to a deployed orientation, the pillar airbag being arranged to be positioned outboard of the curtain airbag with the curtain airbag overlaying a portion of the pillar airbag with respect to a second direction transverse to the first direction while the pillar airbag and the curtain airbag are in their deployed orientations, respectively.