Patent ID: 9139153
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A side airbag for a restraining a vehicle occupant situated within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle during a vehicle side impact event, the side airbag comprising an inflator in fluid communication with a main inflatable chamber, the main inflatable chamber having a longitudinal length adjacent an interior door surface of the motor vehicle and disposed to extend into the passenger compartment a first distance when inflated, and a separate laterally extending lower thoracic chamber attached to and in constant fluid communication with a lower portion of the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag, the lower thoracic chamber extending laterally into the passenger compartment a second distance exceeding the first distance when inflated, whereby the lower thoracic chamber of the side airbag fully extends across the longitudinal length of the lower portion only of the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag when inflated.