| 发明名称 |
VEHICLE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG WITH LATERALLY EXTENDING THORACIC CHAMBER |
| 摘要 |
A vehicle side impact airbag has an inflator, a main inflatable chamber disposed for contact with the side arm of the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a separate laterally extending thoracic chamber in metered fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag extending laterally into the passenger compartment. The laterally extending thoracic chamber of the airbag is disposed for contact with the lower thoracic region of the vehicle occupant below the occupant side arm when inflated, whereby the side airbag simultaneously engages the occupant lower thoracic region and side arm when inflated. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2015061267(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.03.05 |
| 申请号 |
US201314018700 |
申请日期 |
2013.09.05 |
| 申请人 |
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
发明人 |
Deng Zhibing;Dong Michael;Dutt Harish Honnavalli |
| 分类号 |
B60R21/231;B60R21/26;B60R21/21 |
主分类号 |
B60R21/231 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A side airbag for a restraining a vehicle occupant situated within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle during a vehicle side impact event, wherein the vehicle occupant has an upper and lower thoracic region and a side arm, the side airbag having an inflator, a main inflatable chamber disposed for contact with the side arm of the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a separate laterally extending thoracic chamber in fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag extending laterally into the passenger compartment and disposed for contact with the lower thoracic region of the vehicle occupant below the occupant side arm when inflated, whereby the side airbag simultaneously engages the occupant lower thoracic region and side arm when inflated. |
| 地址 |
Dearborn MI US |
