Patent ID: 6409210
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An integrated passive occupant restraint system comprising:a headliner mounted inside a vehicle and across the interior roof of the vehicle, the headliner including a plurality of separate layers with edges of said layers being overlaid along an outer periphery of the headliner, the headliner operative to insulate the vehicle from outside sound and outside temperature; an inflatable restraint curtain compression molded to a compressed position within the plurality of layers, the inflatable restraint curtain operative to cushion a vehicle occupant's head and torso during a side impact collision; a plurality of sensors located at different points of the vehicle, the plurality of sensors operative to detect a collision and to generate a corresponding signal; and a gas generator in fluid communication with the inflatable restraint curtain, the gas generator generating gas in response to the signal generated by the plurality of sensors, such that the generated gas inflates the curtain causing the curtain to separate said edges for deployment therebetween to cover the window of the vehicle.