Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Ilan, Ruth (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S743100, C493S454000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08002310
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (10) helps to protect an occupant (28) of a vehicle (12) that has a side structure (16) and a roof (18). The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) that has a stored condition for being positioned along the vehicle roof (18). The protection device (14) is inflatable away from the vehicle roof (18) to a deployed condition positioned between the side structure (16) and a vehicle occupant (28). The protection device (14) further comprises a portion (38) for receiving an elongated member (94) for helping to place the protection device in the stored condition.
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Bakhsh Ali Emam
Lynch Serena M.
Pionk Mike P.
Quach Thanh H.
English James
Ilan Ruth
Tarolli, Sundheim Covell & Tummino LLP
TRW Vehicle Safety System Inc.
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