Patent ID: 8382151

Claim:
A curtain air bag ( 100 , 100 A) to constrain a vehicle occupant within a vehicle ( 300 ), the air bag configured to receive a test head form ( 20 ) at a target location near the bottom of a window ( 304 ) on the side of the vehicle, the head form having a center of gravity CG, a low portion of the target location being offset from the bottom of the inflated portion of the air bag comprising: a top ( 130 ) configured to be attached to a roof rail ( 320 ) of the vehicle ( 300 ) above the location of windows in a side of the vehicle, a bottom ( 132 ) configured to be disposed proximate a lower edge of the vehicle window upon deployment of the air bag, a first and a second side ( 104 , 106 ) linking the top and bottom, each side having a lateral end ( 180 or 182 ) being configured to be connected at anchoring locations ( 184 , 186 ) at the lateral ends ( 180 , 182 ) of the curtain airbag ( 100 ) to a respective adjacent first and second pillars of the vehicle at a vertical location X at or 25 mm below an impact point of the center of gravity of the head form, wherein the anchor locations are set above the lowest portion of the window opening; and wherein the bottom of the air bag is reinforced and the anchor locations are set between 113 mm to 138 mm above the lowest portion of the window opening and the inflated portion of the airbag extends at least 25 mm beyond the lower portion of impacting test head to a reinforced bottom ( 132 ) of the curtain airbag ( 100 ), the reinforced bottom ( 132 ) extends through to the lateral anchors ( 184 and 186 ) along the entire length of the airbag.