Patent ID: 9043093
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag system of a vehicle, the airbag system comprising: a single airbag extending across at least two seating positions of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the single airbag arranged to deploy into the passenger compartment along a lateral side of the vehicle and adjacent each of the at least two seating positions; a cover interposed between the single airbag and the passenger compartment to cover the single airbag prior to deployment; a single gas-providing system that has only one inflator that provides gas to inflate the single airbag and which is arranged apart from the single airbag; and a conduit leading from the single gas-providing system to provide gas to inflate the single airbag, the conduit being arranged to deliver the gas from the single gas-providing system into the single airbag; the at least two seating positions comprising a first seating position in a first seat row of seats of the vehicle and a second seating position in a second seat row of seats of the vehicle longitudinally displaced from the first seat row of seats, along the lateral side of the vehicle; wherein the single airbag has a plurality of compartments for receiving the gas, and wherein the plurality of compartments are in flow communication with each other.