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`c12) United States Patent
`Breed
`
`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`US 9,043,093 B2
`May 26, 2015
`
`(54) SINGLE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG FOR
`VEHICLES
`
`USPC ....................... 701/45; 280/728.2, 730.2, 736
`See application file for complete search history.
`
`(75)
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`Inventor: David S. Breed, Boonton Township, NJ
`(US)
`
`(73) Assignee: American Vehicular Sciences LLC,
`Frisco, TX (US)
`
`( *) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 593 days.
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 11/930,330
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`(22) Filed:
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`Oct. 31, 2007
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2008/0243342 Al
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`Oct. 2, 2008
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(60)
`
`Division of application No. 11/131,623, filed on May
`18, 2005, now Pat. No. 7,481,453, which is a
`continuation-in-part of application No. 10/043,557,
`filed on Jan. 11, 2002, now Pat. No. 6,905,135, which
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
`B60R 211213
`B60R 2110132
`
`(Continued)
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`(2011.01)
`(2006.01)
`(Continued)
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`(52)
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`U.S. Cl.
`CPC ........... B60R 211213 (2013.01); B60R 2110132
`(2013.01); B60R 2112032 (2013.01); B60R
`211206 (2013.01); B60R 211214 (2013.01);
`B60R 211232 (2013.01); B60R 211233
`(2013.01); B60R 211235 (2013.01); B60R
`211239 (2013.01); B60R 21126 (2013.01);
`B60R 211264 (2013.01);
`(Continued)
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`(58)
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`Field of Classification Search
`CPC .............................. B60R 1/00; B60R 2001/00
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`(56)
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`(Continued)
`
`Primary Examiner - Redhwan K Mawari
`Assistant Examiner - Rodney P King
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm - McAndrews, Held &
`Malloy, Ltd.
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`Airbag inflator system includes an inflatable airbag, e.g., a
`side curtain airbag, a housing, a gas generating system
`arranged apart from the housing for generating gas, and a
`conduit leading from the gas generating system to the housing
`to provide gas to the housing, e.g., to a lateral end of the
`housing. A filter may be arranged between the gas generating
`system and the housing, possibly in the conduit. A nozzle may
`be arranged between the gas generating system and an interior
`of the airbag, which nozzle is varied as a function of tempera(cid:173)
`ture. The housing may be movably arranged relative to a fixed
`base and mounted to vary its relation to the base as a function
`of temperature, e.g., via elastic or deformable supports which
`support the housing on the base.
`
`44 Claims, 51 Drawing Sheets
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`50
`I
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`Takata Ex. 1001
`IPR Petition - USP 9,043,093
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`is a continuation-in-part of application No. 091925,
`062, filed on Aug. 8, 2001, now Pat. No. 6,733,036,
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`09/767,020, filed on Jan. 23, 2001,nowPat. No. 6,533,
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`
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`
`Int. Cl.
`B60R 211206
`B60R 211214
`B60R 211232
`B60R 211235
`B60R 21126
`B60R 211264
`B60R 21130
`B60R 211203
`B60R 211233
`B60R 211239
`B60R 21100
`B60R 211231
`B60R 211261
`B60R 211263
`U.S. Cl.
`CPC ......... B60R 21130 (2013.01); B60R 202110004
`(2013.01); B60R 202110006 (2013.01); B60R
`2021123107 (2013.01); B60R 2021123153
`(2013.01); B60R 2021123169 (2013.01); B60R
`2021123192 (2013.01); B60R 2021123308
`(2013.01); B60R 2021123316 (2013.01); B60R
`2021123324 (2013.01); B60R 2021123504
`(2013.01); B60R 2021123514 (2013.01); B60R
`2021123519 (2013.01); B60R 2021123523
`(2013.01); B60R 202112612 (2013.01); B60R
`202112636 (2013.01)
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`U.S. Patent
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`May 26, 2015
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