Patent ID: 7618057
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An inflatable cushion for a side of a vehicle, the inflatable cushion, comprising: a primary cushion chamber inflatable to a first position, the primary cushion chamber having an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a first end portion and a second end portion; and a secondary cushion chamber inflatable to a second position, the secondary cushion chamber having a first section and a second section, the first section extending between the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion and the first section being located on the primary cushion chamber at a location spaced from both the first end portion and the second end portion and the second section extending from the first section towards either the first end portion or the second end portion and a portion of the second section being located below the lower edge portion when the secondary cushion chamber is in the second position; wherein the primary cushion chamber and the secondary cushion chamber are each deployed by a single inflator and the secondary cushion chamber is fully deployed into the second position prior to the primary cushion chamber being fully deployed into the first position.