Patent ID: 7347447
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A curtain airbag device for deployment in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the curtain airbag device comprising: a curtain airbag for being deployed in a generally downward direction in the vehicle; a guide for guiding the deployment of the curtain airbag in the downward direction; a follower for traveling along the guide during airbag deployment; a connector arranged and configured to extend between the airbag and the follower so that downward airbag deployment forces pull the follower down along the guide for smooth airbag deployment; a garnish that generally covers the guide and the connector so that the guide and the connector are behind the garnish prior to airbag deployment; and an overhang member above the garnish for directing the airbag over the garnish and guiding the connector from behind the garnish, over the garnish and down in front of the garnish during airbag deployment.