APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT

摘要

An inflatable airbag (10) has two inflation chambers (16, 18) communicating with one another via a passageway (20). A source of inflation gas (22) provides inflation gas only into one of the inflation chambers. When the airbag is deployed one of the inflation chambers (16) is completely inflated before the other inflation chamber (18) is completely inflated. The apparatus has special utility in the event a vehicle experiences a side impact or rollover.