Patent ID: 8579323

Claim:
A curtain airbag system for a vehicle, comprising a curtain airbag stored in a folded condition in a roof side portion that extends rearward from a front pillar of the vehicle, the curtain airbag includes a first deployment portion and a second deployment portion formed integrally with the first deployment portion, the first deployment portion operable to be inflated with gas supplied thereto in the event of a side impact of the vehicle and rollover of the vehicle, the first deployment portion deployed like a curtain downwardly of the vehicle, the second deployment portion operable to be inflated with gas supplied thereto at least in the event of rollover of the vehicle, the second deployment portion deployed in front of the first deployment portion such that an upper portion of the second deployment portion, as seen in a side view, overlaps the front pillar, and a lower portion of the second deployment portion overlaps a side door of the vehicle, the second deployment portion is adapted to be deployed in a cylindrical shape having a center axis that extends in a vertical direction of the vehicle, such that opposite end portions of the second deployment portion, as viewed in the vertical direction of the vehicle, respectively, protrude upward and downward from opposite end portions of the first deployment portion, as viewed in the vertical direction of the vehicle.