US 11,840,190 B1
Occupant protection system for vehicle
Michal Jan Swiniarski, Brentwood (GB); Markus Jost, San Mateo, CA (US); and Andrew Frank Raczkowski, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,379.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/232 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/214 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/232 (2013.01) [B60R 21/214 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An occupant protection system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a first seat next to a second seat, the occupant protection system comprising:
an expandable curtain configured to expand from a stowed state to a deployed state, the expandable curtain including:
a first side configured to extend along a portion of a first interior side of the vehicle, the first side having a first expandable portion expandable proximate the first interior side and the first seat,
a second side configured to extend along a portion of a second interior side of the vehicle, the second side having a second expandable portion expandable proximate the second interior side and the second seat, and
a front section extending between the first side and the second side, the front section having a third expandable portion, that in the deployed state, faces the first seat and the second seat, the front section further defining a first sleeve and a second sleeve;
a first front expandable bladder at least partially received within the first sleeve, the first front expandable bladder, in an expanded state, at least partially facing the first seat; and
a second front expandable bladder at least partially received within the second sleeve, the second front expandable bladder, in an expanded state, at least partially facing the second seat.