Patent ID: 7938440

Claim:
An airbag apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a curtain airbag configured to be deployed from a first location proximate to an upper portion of a side window of the vehicle; the curtain airbag configured to extend to a lower portion of the side window when the curtain airbag is inflated; and a side airbag configured to be deployed from a second location proximate to the lower portion of the side window and comprises a seam that forms a boundary between an upper compartment and a lower compartment of the side airbag; wherein the seam is configured to correspond to a lower edge of the side window so that the upper compartment bends at the seam to cover the lower edge of the side window, and wherein the side airbag is arranged to suppress a movement of a lower portion of the curtain airbag through friction with the upper compartment of the side airbag when the curtain airbag and the side airbag are inflated.