Patent ID: 7404572

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a curtain air bag having an inflatable cushion with a plurality of inflatable sections in a predetermined pattern; a flexible bladder within the inflatable cushion; a fluid inlet conduit configured to direct inflation fluid into the bladder; the bladder being configured to redirect, diffuse and distribute the inflation fluid to the inflatable sections of the inflatable cushion, to inflate the portions of the inflatable cushion in a predetermined manner; wherein the bladder is configured to redirect inflation fluid from the inlet conduit in opposite directions relative to the inlet conduit, and to diffuse and distribute the redirected inflation fluid to the inflatable sections of the inflatable cushion; wherein the bladder includes (a) a reaction surface for redirecting inflation fluid from the inlet conduit in opposite directions in the bladder, and (b) inflatable, tapering sections configured to diffuse and distribute the redirected fluid to the inflatable sections of the inflatable cushion to inflate the sections of the inflatable cushion in the predetermined manner.