Airbag with inflatable portion supported by uninflatable portion
A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and an airbag supported by the vehicle roof. The airbag is moveable to a deployed position. The airbag includes an uninflatable portion and an inflatable portion supported by the uninflatable portion in the deployed position. The vehicle includes a first track and a second track spaced cross-vehicle from the first track. The first track and the second track are elongated downwardly from the vehicle roof. The uninflatable portion is slidably engaged with the first track and the second track. The uninflatable portion extends from the first track to the second track in the deployed position.
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle roof;
an airbag supported by the vehicle roof and being moveable to a deployed position, the airbag including an uninflatable portion and a first inflatable portion fixed to and supported by the uninflatable portion in the deployed position;
a first track and a second track spaced cross-vehicle from the first track, the first track and the second track being elongated downwardly from the vehicle roof;
the uninflatable portion being slidably engaged with the first track and the second track and the uninflatable portion extending from the first track to the second track in the deployed position; and
a second inflatable portion and a third inflatable portion each supported by the uninflatable portion, the first inflatable portion being between the second inflatable portion and the third inflatable portion.
2. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a first vehicle pillar and a second vehicle pillar spaced cross-vehicle from the first vehicle pillar, the first track being supported by the first vehicle pillar and the second track being supported by the second vehicle pillar.
3. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth inflatable portion supported by the uninflatable portion opposite the first inflatable portion, the fourth inflatable portion extending vehicle-forward from the uninflatable portion and the first inflatable portion extending vehicle-rearward from the uninflatable portion.
4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the fourth inflatable portion is between the second inflatable portion and the third inflatable portion.
5. The vehicle of claim 4 , further comprising:
a first pair of seats and a second pair of seats spaced vehicle-forward from the first pair of seats;
the first inflatable portion, the second inflatable portion, the third inflatable portion, and the fourth inflatable portion being inflatable to inflated positions; and
the first inflatable portion being between the first pair of seats, the fourth inflatable portion being between the second pair of seats, and the second inflatable portion and third inflatable portion being between the first pair of seats and the second pair of seats.
6. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the uninflatable portion is between the first pair of seats and the second pair of seats.
7. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the uninflatable portion is between the second inflatable portion and the third inflatable portion and the fourth inflatable portion.
8. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the uninflatable portion extends from the first track to the third inflatable portion, from the third inflatable portion to the first inflatable portion, from the first inflatable portion to the second inflatable portion, and from the second inflatable portion to the second track.
9. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the uninflatable portion is between the first inflatable portion and the fourth inflatable portion.
10. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a pair of seats, the second inflatable portion being between one of the seats and the uninflatable portion and the third inflatable portion being between the other of the seats and the uninflatable portion.
11. The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the pair of seats each define an occupant seating area, the second inflatable portion being between one of the occupant seating areas and the uninflatable portion and the third inflatable portion being between the other of the occupant seating areas and the uninflatable portion.
12. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first inflatable portion is elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis.
13. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first inflatable portion is elongated from the uninflatable portion to a distal end spaced from the uninflatable portion.
14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the distal end is spaced from the uninflatable portion in a vehicle-rearward direction.
15. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the distal end is spaced from the uninflatable portion in a vehicle-forward direction.
16. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle roof includes a beam extending from the first track to the second track, the airbag being supported by the beam.
17. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the uninflatable portion is slidable along the first track and the second track from an undeployed position to the deployed position, the uninflatable portion being in the deployed position when the first inflatable portion, the second inflatable portion, and the third inflatable portion are in an inflated position.
18. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first inflatable portion is between the first track and the second track in the deployed position.
19. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the uninflatable portion extends from the first track to the first inflatable portion and from the first inflatable portion to the second track.
20. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle roof;
an airbag supported by the vehicle roof and being moveable to a deployed position, the airbag including an uninflatable portion and a first inflatable portion fixed to and supported by the uninflatable portion in the deployed position;
a first track and a second track spaced cross-vehicle from the first track, the first track and the second track being elongated downwardly from the vehicle roof;
the uninflatable portion being slidably engaged with the first track and the second track and the uninflatable portion extending from the first track to the second track in the deployed position; and
a second inflatable portion supported by the uninflatable portion opposite the first inflatable portion, the second inflatable portion extending vehicle-forward from the uninflatable portion and the first inflatable portion extending vehicle-rearward from the uninflatable portion.