Patent ID: 8523222

Claim:
An airbag assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: an inflator; a curtain airbag having an upper edge securable to a body structure of the motor vehicle, a first and a second inflatable chamber, a first deployment tube located at one end of the airbag and connected with the first inflatable chamber by a first vent, a second deployment tube located at an opposite end of the airbag and connected with the second inflatable chamber by a second vent, and a third deployment tube located between and bounding adjacent edges of the two inflatable chambers, the gasses flowing through the vents into the respective inflatable chambers during deployment of the curtain airbag; and a manifold connecting the inflator with the curtain airbag and having a first outlet supplying gas to the first deployment tube, a second outlet supplying gas to the second deployment tube, a third outlet supplying gas to the third deployment tube, a fourth outlet supplying gas to the first inflatable chamber, and a fifth outlet supplying gas to the second inflatable chamber.