Patent ID: 8746734
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An inflatable curtain airbag assembly comprising: an inflation gas delivery channel elongated in a longitudinal direction; a plurality of inflatable cushion segments coupled to the inflation gas delivery channel, the cushion segments comprising an inside vehicle facing side and an outside vehicle facing side; and a valving panel disposed within one or more of the plurality of the inflatable cushion segments between the inside vehicle facing side of the cushion segments and the outside vehicle facing side of the cushion segments, the valving panel elongated in the longitudinal direction and comprising: a valving channel formed between the second end of the valving panel and the unaffixed side of the cushion segment into at least one of the plurality of inflatable cushion segments, the second end of the valving panel that is at least partially unaffixed separating from the unaffixed side when the valving channel is in an open configuration, the second end of the valving panel that is at least partially unaffixed pressing against the unaffixed side when the valving channel is in a closed configuration; wherein the valving panel is configured to transition the valving channel from the open configuration to the closed configuration, wherein the valving channel permits inflation gas to move from the inflation gas delivery channel into one of the plurality of inflatable cushion segments when the valving channel is in the open configuration, and wherein the valving channel prevents inflation gas from moving from said one of the inflatable cushion segments into the inflation gas delivery channel when the valving channel is in the closed configuration.