GB2492127B - A curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle - Google Patents

A curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle

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Publication number
GB2492127B
GB2492127B GB1110582.2A GB201110582A GB2492127B GB 2492127 B GB2492127 B GB 2492127B GB 201110582 A GB201110582 A GB 201110582A GB 2492127 B GB2492127 B GB 2492127B
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Prior art keywords
motor vehicle
curtain airbag
airbag assembly
assembly
curtain
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB1110582.2A
Other versions
GB2492127A (en
GB201110582D0 (en
Inventor
Jan Swiniarski Michal
Grindle Barry
Scott Tim
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Ford Global Technologies LLC
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Ford Global Technologies LLC
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Priority to GB1110582.2A priority Critical patent/GB2492127B/en
Publication of GB201110582D0 publication Critical patent/GB201110582D0/en
Priority to DE102011087721A priority patent/DE102011087721A1/en
Priority to US13/312,214 priority patent/US8523222B2/en
Publication of GB2492127A publication Critical patent/GB2492127A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2492127B publication Critical patent/GB2492127B/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/23—Inflatable members
    • B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
    • B60R21/232—Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/23—Inflatable members
    • B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
    • B60R21/23138—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration specially adapted for side protection
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B60R21/261—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow with means other than bag structure to diffuse or guide inflation fluid
    • B60R2021/2612—Gas guiding means, e.g. ducts
    • B60R2021/2617—Curtain bag nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/23—Inflatable members
    • B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
    • B60R21/2334—Expansion control features
    • B60R21/2346—Soft diffusers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Air Bags (AREA)
GB1110582.2A 2010-12-06 2011-06-22 A curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle Expired - Fee Related GB2492127B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1110582.2A GB2492127B (en) 2011-06-22 2011-06-22 A curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle
DE102011087721A DE102011087721A1 (en) 2010-12-06 2011-12-05 Curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle
US13/312,214 US8523222B2 (en) 2010-12-06 2011-12-06 Curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1110582.2A GB2492127B (en) 2011-06-22 2011-06-22 A curtain airbag assembly for a motor vehicle

Publications (3)

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GB201110582D0 GB201110582D0 (en) 2011-08-03
GB2492127A GB2492127A (en) 2012-12-26
GB2492127B true GB2492127B (en) 2017-09-13

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Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1349097A (en) * 1970-11-30 1974-03-27 Asahi Chemical Ind Personal safety device for use in vehicles
DE4231522A1 (en) * 1992-09-21 1994-03-24 Diehl Gmbh & Co Side airbag to protect passengers in motor vehicle - consists of individual chambers with own gas supply for inflation
US6378895B1 (en) * 1999-03-29 2002-04-30 Trw Occupant Restraint Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg Inflatable protective cushion for side impact protection
US20030111829A1 (en) * 2001-12-18 2003-06-19 Tesch Todd E. Curtain air bag including inflatable perimeter gas channel

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1349097A (en) * 1970-11-30 1974-03-27 Asahi Chemical Ind Personal safety device for use in vehicles
DE4231522A1 (en) * 1992-09-21 1994-03-24 Diehl Gmbh & Co Side airbag to protect passengers in motor vehicle - consists of individual chambers with own gas supply for inflation
US6378895B1 (en) * 1999-03-29 2002-04-30 Trw Occupant Restraint Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg Inflatable protective cushion for side impact protection
US20030111829A1 (en) * 2001-12-18 2003-06-19 Tesch Todd E. Curtain air bag including inflatable perimeter gas channel

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GB201110582D0 (en) 2011-08-03

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Date Code Title Description
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20200622