202 results about "Rigid rod" patented technology

The invention provides a compression-torsion coupled metamaterial cell element and a negative Poisson's ratio energy absorption structure composed of the compression-torsion coupled metamaterial cell element, and relates to the technical field of compression-torsion energy absorption metamaterials. The cell element comprises an upper connecting plate assembly and a lower connecting plate assembly, an upper-layer four-rod tensioning assembly and a lower-layer four-rod tensioning assembly are arranged between the upper connecting plate assembly and the lower connecting plate assembly, each of the upper-layer four-rod tensioning assembly and the lower-layer four-rod tensioning assembly comprises four compression rigid rod pieces and a plurality of tension elastic bodies, the compression rigid rod pieces are staggered in space to form a quadrangular prism-like frame, and the tail ends of the upper compression rigid rod piece and the lower compression rigid rod piece are hinged; adjacent hinge points and two corresponding corners of the surfaces of the upper connecting plate assembly and the lower connecting plate assembly are connected through tensile elastic bodies and apply pre-tightening force; the energy absorption structure is formed by combining a plurality of cell element arrays, and the negative Poisson's ratio effect is achieved by regulating and controlling the arrays. According to the cell element, a tensioning structure is integrated into a metamaterial configuration, the cell element has the compression-torsion coupling characteristic, the non-localized deformation response of the structure is achieved, and the energy absorption structure has the negative Poisson's ratio effect and provides excellent bearing and impact resistance through an efficient energy absorption mechanism.

A hose-and-wand assembly for use with a surface cleaning apparatus having a handheld portion and a base assembly includes a flexible suction hose having first and second working positions, electrical conductors connected to or carried by the flexible suction hose, and a rigid wand body. The wand body defines an elongated slot and surrounds a wand cavity that is contiguous with the elongated slot. End couplers are connected to opposite ends of the hose and releasably connectable a respective one of the base assembly and the handheld portion. The end couplers each have electrical contacts connected to the electrical conductors. The elongated slot is configured to admit the flexible suction hose into the wand cavity for stowage therein in the first working position and release the flexible suction hose from the wand cavity in the second working position.

The invention relates to a Stewart six-dimensional force sensor, six branch chain rods distributed in an inclined manner are arranged between an upper platform and a lower platform, each branch chain rod comprises an upper rigid rod, an upper cross flexible hinge, a measuring unit, a lower cross flexible hinge and a lower rigid rod which are sequentially connected from top to bottom, the upper rigid rod is fixedly connected with the upper platform, and the lower rigid rod is fixedly connected with the lower platform. And the lower rigid rod is fixedly connected with the lower platform. A calibration device is used for calibrating a Stewart six-dimensional force sensor. The invention relates to a Stuart six-dimensional force sensor calibration method, which comprises the steps of off-line calibration and training and on-line measurement and calculation. The Stewart six-dimensional force sensor has the advantages of being large in rigidity, high in bearing capacity, stable in structure, fast in dynamic response, high in precision, good in isotropy and the like, and solves the problem that a traditional linear algorithm cannot process complex nonlinear errors. The measurement precision is reduced due to serious inter-dimensional coupling; and the complexity of a high-precision model is too high and the high-precision model is difficult to run in real time in an embedded system.

The present invention discloses an offshore floating wind power and photovoltaic centralized mooring system, comprising: a floating wind turbine, a floating wind turbine mooring system, a floating photovoltaic array, and a floating photovoltaic mooring system. The floating wind turbine mooring system includes a mooring cable with one end connected to the floating wind turbine, and the other end of the mooring cable is connected to an anchor point; the floating photovoltaic mooring system includes an upper mooring cable, a lower mooring cable, and a rigid rod. One end of the upper mooring cable is connected to the floating photovoltaic array, the other end of the upper mooring cable is connected to the rigid rod, one end of the lower mooring cable is connected to the rigid rod, and the other end of the lower mooring cable is connected to the anchor point. The present invention also discloses a design method for an offshore floating wind power and photovoltaic centralized mooring system. The present invention reduces the construction difficulty, improves the construction efficiency, enhances the side structure strength of the floating photovoltaic array, and increases the installed capacity of the floating offshore photovoltaic.

A girder tie for connecting a building component to a rigid rod to resist uplift forces applied to the building component comprises a connector including a building component connector and a rigid rod connector coupled to the building component connector. The rigid rod connector attaches to the rigid rod. The building component connector includes first and second back flanges free of direct connection to one another. The first and second back flanges can each be attached to the building component. A washer is disposed between the rigid rod connector and a nut on the rigid rod that secures the rigid rod to the girder tie. The washer includes at least one back flange brace to inhibit the first and second back flanges from moving relative to one another when the building component experiences the uplift forces.

The invention relates to the technical field of coal mining equipment, in particular to a continuous peeping structure and a peeping method thereof. The technical problems that when drilling is conducted under a coal mine in the prior art, a wire coil is seriously abraded, a rigid rod is peeped discontinuously, the peeping speed is unstable, the peeping depth is limited, the video stability is poor, and the labor intensity is large are frequently caused. According to the technical scheme, the continuous peeping structure comprises a rack, a photoelectric probe, a probe fixer, a wire coil, a flexible lifting rod, a groove, a clamping head, a driving assembly and a host; through continuous peeping of the drill hole, the peeping depth is increased; the abrasion of the wire coil is reduced through the groove structure; through the flexibility and supporting force balance design of the soft lifting rod, the stability of the video in the peeping process is ensured; and through automatic driving of the power mechanism and depth recording of the digital encoder, the labor intensity of operators is reduced.

The invention discloses an unmanned ship lake and reservoir vertical stratified sampling and in-situ water quality monitoring device and method. The unmanned ship lake and reservoir vertical stratified sampling and in-situ water quality monitoring device comprises an unmanned ship platform, a reducing guide rod structure and a water sample in-situ collecting and monitoring device. The advantages of light weight, hardening, easy combination and the like of the variable-diameter guide rod are exerted, and the problems that a traditional soft rope is easy to swing, and a drift-diameter hard rod is large in size, insufficient in strength and the like are solved; aiming at the problems of easy breaking of a through rod, deviation of a monitoring point and the like caused by lake flow disturbance and the like in the traditional operation, a determination method of key parameters such as the number of segmented guide rod sections, a diameter critical threshold value and the diameter of the guide rod is determined by combining with the vertical flow velocity of the lake and the reservoir, and a basis is provided for stable and accurate operation; aiming at the problems of easy mixing (mixing with water samples in different layers and mixing with air in a bottle) and the like in traditional lake and reservoir vertical water sample in-situ collection, the invention provides a water sample layering in-situ collection device and method, anaerobic collection is realized through a double-pipe reverse replacement system, a method for determining the length difference delta L of an exhaust pipe and a water inlet pipe is defined, and equipment parameter support is provided for efficient and reliable collection.

Device for connecting the lower leg of a skier, with a foot and an ankle axis, to a ski binding mounted on a ski board, comprising a footwear assembly, a tibial connection with at least one rigid rod, where the at least one rigid rod comprises an upper end securely attached to the lower leg, and a lower end which is pivoting with respect to the footwear assembly.

The present invention relates to the technical field of robot compliant motion system design, and discloses a hinge-driven bistable wheel-leg conversion mechanism, comprising a bistable structure having two stable states: a wheel shape and a leg shape. The bistable structure comprises a frame and a first drive module. The frame comprises a plurality of spokes distributed in an array, a hinge and a pseudo-rigid rod are provided between the ends of two adjacent spokes, and the hinge is connected to the first drive module. The hinge bends and deforms under the positive action of the first drive module, and the bistable structure is converted from a wheel shape to a leg shape. When the first drive module stops acting, the hinge returns to its original state, and the bistable structure returns from a leg shape to a wheel shape. The stiffness of the pseudo-rigid rod is greater than the stiffness of the hinge. The present invention can undergo flexible deformation when encountering obstacles, thereby adapting to various unstructured terrain environments and having better buffering and energy absorption characteristics.

The invention relates to a fastening device (100) for a seat belt buckle (52), comprising: - a loop (110) including a clasp (112) adapted to receive said buckle, - a rigid stem (120), and - a sliding mounting system (101) for the clasp (112) along said stem, which is adapted to block said sliding when a tensile force (F1) exceeding a threshold is exerted on the clasp. According to the invention, the sliding mounting system comprises: - a sleeve (111) coupled to the clasp and housing the stem, - a means for coupling the sleeve to a seat base, - two clamping means (140) located on either side of the stem and movable between a clamping position of the stem and a rest position in which the stem can slide relative to the sleeve, and - means for returning the clamping means to the rest position. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 2

The application provides an extendable anchor rod based on a three-dimensional concave polygon structure, which comprises a rigid rod body and a three-dimensional polygon structure arranged on the outer side of the rigid rod body, the three-dimensional polygon structure comprises a plurality of fold line type anchor cables which are connected with each other; when the rock mass deforms and causes the rigid rod body to break, the three-dimensional polygon structure can extend along the direction of the rigid rod body, thereby achieving multi-section rock mass anchoring. The application can realize elastic anchoring of the multi-section rock mass along the radial direction of the rod body, and is suitable for surrounding rock anchoring under different stress and deformation conditions of the multi-section rock mass.

The utility model discloses profile steel stacking adsorption equipment, which belongs to the field of profile steel stacking and comprises a working frame, a movable block slidably connected to the inner wall of the top of the working frame, a protective shell fixedly connected to the bottom of the movable block, two first connecting rods rotatably connected to the bottom of the protective shell, and second connecting rods rotatably connected to the other ends of the two first connecting rods. Third connecting rods are rotationally connected to the other ends of the two second connecting rods, fourth connecting rods are rotationally connected to the other ends of the two third connecting rods, a same connecting roller is rotationally connected between the two fourth connecting rods, and two long connecting rods are rotationally connected to the two sides of the connecting roller. The lifting device is reasonable in structural design, the long connecting rods, the short connecting rods, the first roller and the flat plate are matched, the lifting device can be achieved through the multiple connecting rods, and due to the fact that the connecting rods are composed of the rigid rod pieces and the hinges and are simple in structure, the manufacturing and maintaining cost of a user is lower, and the user can use the lifting device conveniently.

The application discloses a kind of overhanging roadbed structure and construction method, belong to high fill section deep soft soil roadbed engineering technical field.The roadbed structure includes pipe pile support structure, leveling layer, shear layer and pavement structure layer, the leveling layer and shear layer are both foam concrete pouring layer, the pipe pile contains one or more lengths, and can be spliced.The construction method includes that after pipe pile is implanted foundation, first rough leveling is carried out by pipe pile, then fine leveling is carried out by leveling layer, the leveling layer and shear layer are both poured and constructed by the working face of temporary platform, batten board construction and the formwork of rigid bar piece, the leveling layer, shear layer and reinforced layer are used to transmit structure dead load and live load to pile cap and pipe pile.The roadbed structure and construction method of the application do not need to cut pile, have excellent structure durability and are economical and practical.

This invention relates to the field of concrete reinforcing fiber technology, and discloses an environmentally friendly cellulose fiber-based composite material for shotcrete and its preparation method. The composite material consists of twisted fiber bundles, locally cured rigid rod-shaped non-water-soluble resin, multi-directional raised short fibers attached to its surface, and an overall water-soluble resin layer. When this composite material is mixed into concrete, it initially enhances workability through uniform dispersion, and later, the dense fiber network promotes cement hydration, significantly improving the overall performance and durability of concrete. It is particularly suitable for shotcrete, improving the alkali resistance, durability, ease of mixing, uniform dispersion, and workability of cellulose fibers in concrete.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for additive manufacturing of a 3D item (2) by means of fused deposition modeling of a composite material, whereby the composite material is fed through a heated printer extruder head (4) and deposited on a printer bed (3) as a layer arrangement that form the 3D item (2). The composite material is provided as at least one rigid rod (10) that is conveyed out of a rod magazine (9) that is capable of storing at least one rigid rod (10). The rigid rod (10) is then conveyed through a guide tube (15) that is arranged within the printer extruder head (4), whereby the rigid rod (10) is heated during the conveyance through the guide tube (15), and whereby the heated and viscous composite material is discharged through a discharge nozzle (16) at one end of the guide tube (15) and deposited as the layer arrangement onto the printer bed (3) to generate the 3D item (2).

The present application belongs to the technical field of bridge wind tunnel test device, and provides a kind of wind tunnel test device simulating nonlinear vibration of bridge structure, including rigid model, rigid rod, rigid circular arc suspension arm, linear tensile spring, nonlinear elastic element and light high-strength fine rope.Nonlinear elastic element can adopt cable structure, membrane structure, nonlinear tensile spring, mechanical super material or superstructure.By designing the nonlinear stiffness characteristics of nonlinear elastic element, the layout mode and the combination mode of linear tensile spring, various target nonlinear stiffness modes can be realized to carry out large amplitude vertical torsional coupled flutter test of bridge structure under nonlinear stiffness.In the process of large amplitude vibration of model, the center hanging point of nonlinear elastic element and linear tensile spring can always maintain vertical displacement and deformation, and the device can ensure stable stiffness, damping, mass and mass moment characteristics.

A cupholder and phone mounting system for use in a golf bag comprising a golf club compartment and golf bag legs. The system comprises a shaft sub-assembly comprising a rigid rod configured to be removably installed into the golf club compartment alongside clubs in that golf bag, and a cupholder part. The cupholder part comprises a slot configured to hold a camera phone at an angle configured to permit recording of a golf shot. A fastener slot forms an angle between the cupholder and the shaft subassembly when connected such that the cupholder remains approximately vertical while the rigid rod of the shaft sub-assembly is inserted into the golf club compartment of the golf bag and the golf bag is stood on the golf bag legs.

The flexible mechanical arm comprises a connecting arm, a driving device and a plurality of flexible units, each flexible unit comprises a rigid rod piece I and a rigid rod piece II, a plurality of rigid rod pieces I are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the rigid rod piece II and form a plurality of rotating arms, the connecting arm is arranged on the rigid rod piece II in a running fit mode, and the connecting arm is arranged on the rigid rod piece II in a running fit mode. The adjacent flexible units are connected in series through the connecting arms, the driving devices are used for driving the rotating arms and the connecting arms to rotate up and down, flexible movement of the mechanical arm is achieved in the mode that the connecting arms, the driving devices and the multiple flexible units are controlled in a segmented mode, the complexity and the control method of the flexible mechanical arm structure are increased, and the flexibility of the structure is enhanced. Good flexibility can be obtained only through simple rope driving.

Device for measuring the relationship between force, speed and power during locomotion in the unloaded and overloaded state, characterized in that it comprises a hydraulic system arranged to generate resistance (overload) for an athlete in motion using the device, wherein the hydraulic system comprises - two hydraulic fluid cylinders (29) each with a threaded piston rod (31) and a piston (30) connected to hydraulic fluid separators (26), wherein the said hydraulic fluid cylinders (29) are connected to a housing, - a housing in which a hydraulic fluid flows through a system of channels and the aforementioned hydraulic fluid cylinders (29) and separators (26), wherein the channels are provided with pressure adjusting elements (25, 34, 35, 37) arranged to define a constricted area of ​​the channel system, wherein the pressure adjusting element (25) is used to regulate the repulsive force generated by the hydraulic system, - two opposing hydraulic transmission gears (32) connected to the piston rod (31), and a main transmission gear (33) connected to a rope cylinder (6), wherein when the rope cylinder (6) rotates, the main transmission gear (33) rotates the hydraulic transmission gears (32), thereby generating a flow of fluid in the hydraulic system, - an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the magnitude of the repulsive force, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes inside a channel that accommodates a rigid rod (34) arranged to press on a spring (37) to increase or decrease the repulsive force generated by the hydraulic system by influencing the force required to move the hydraulic fluid through the system, - a hydraulic pressure sensor (2) which is appropriately attached to the housing of the hydraulic system and which makes it possible to provide quantitative information about the pressure in the hydraulic system.

The invention relates to a hammer type pile foundation horizontal bearing capacity testing device and method, and aims to provide a simple, accurate and economical solution for testing the ocean pile foundation horizontal bearing capacity. The device is connected with the pile foundation through the hammer ball, horizontal load application is achieved, and the bearing capacity of the pile foundation under different horizontal loads is measured. The device mainly comprises a weight throw, a rigid rod, a driving device, a displacement and tension measuring device and a control system. The weight ball is connected with the pile foundation, the weight ball moves around the pile through the driving device to generate horizontal force, and the movement direction and the load of the weight ball are controlled; the displacement and tension measuring device monitors the horizontal displacement and the horizontal force of the pile foundation in real time, and the control system adjusts the load according to feedback data and records test information. According to the testing method, the horizontal bearing capacity of the pile foundation in the marine environment is simulated by accurately controlling the motion path and the load of the hammer, the stability and the bearing performance of the pile foundation are effectively evaluated, and the testing method is suitable for ocean engineering pile foundation performance detection.

The present invention relates to the field of robotics, and in particular to a large-angle five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot, comprising a frame; a static platform disposed on the frame; a fixed platform disposed on the frame; a dynamic platform disposed between the static platform and the fixed platform; a support column disposed between the static platform and the fixed platform; a terminal swing head disposed on the dynamic platform; a linear drive module disposed on the support column; a linear drive module disposed on the static platform; a rope module disposed on the static platform, the movable end of the rope module being connected to the terminal swing head; an articulated assembly, one end of which is connected to the movable end of the linear drive module and the other end is connected to the dynamic platform; and an end effector disposed on the dynamic platform. The large-angle five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot of the present invention utilizes a rope module to replace a portion of the rigid rods, effectively reducing the robot's own weight and inertia, and facilitating simplified control. The use of a pair of flexible ropes with consistent rope lengths realizes two rotational degrees of freedom of the terminal swing head, and the rotation angle is much larger than that of traditional robots. It has good application prospects in the fields of sorting and assembly.

The present invention relates to a tuned liquid mass-damping nonlinear system based on orthogonal conversion for efficiency enhancement. The system includes a tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box, a main structure, and an orthogonal motion conversion mechanism. The lower part and the interior of the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box are respectively provided with an orthogonal motion conversion mechanism. The orthogonal motion conversion mechanism at the lower part of the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box is respectively connected to the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box and the main structure. The orthogonal motion conversion mechanism inside the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box is connected to the orthogonal motion conversion mechanism at the lower part of the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box. The orthogonal motion conversion mechanism inside the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box is connected to the box body of the tuned liquid efficiency-enhancing liquid damper box and is connected to the grille plate. The orthogonal motion conversion mechanism includes rigid rods connected to each other, and the connecting ends of the rigid rods are hinged. Compared with the prior art, the present invention enhances the liquid mass and damping effect, which is beneficial to achieving efficient vibration control of the structure.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of industrial equipment, and particularly relates to a hard rod extension type endoscopic device which comprises an installation rod, a moving assembly, a rotating assembly and a detection lens. The rotating assembly is arranged at the output end of the moving assembly; the detection lens is arranged at the output end of the rotating assembly; wherein the moving end of the moving assembly slides to a preset position along the length direction of the mounting rod, and the rotating assembly drives the detection lens to circumferentially rotate at the preset position. A hard rod is adopted as a supporting structure, multi-axis adjustment can be achieved when deep well structure detection is carried out, the interior of a shaft can be detected from multiple angles, practicability is greatly improved, and product competitiveness can be improved.

The application relates to a pendulum adjustable collision test device in a horizontal pressure cylinder and a use method thereof. The device comprises a horizontally arranged pressure cylinder, and the pendulum adjustable collision test device comprises a base, front and rear frames with the same size and arranged at intervals in front and back directions are respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of the top surface of the base, and the front and rear frames are connected and fixed into an integrated frame through a cross beam; a plurality of limiting components are respectively arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the front and rear frames, and the end portions of the limiting components are in abutment with the inner wall surface of the pressure cylinder; a telescopic rigid rod is downwardly and rotatably arranged at the top of the integrated frame, the end portion of the telescopic rigid rod is fixed with a heavy ball, and a pressure-resistant electromagnetic suction component is further arranged at the top of the integrated frame behind the telescopic rigid rod; the heavy ball swings backward with the telescopic rigid rod as a radius, the heavy ball is adsorbed by the pressure-resistant electromagnetic suction component in the electric state, and the heavy ball swings forward to hit the test model in front after losing the electric state, so that the test of the structural response of a pressure-resistant structure under the collision impact load under the hydrostatic pressure effect is carried out.

The invention relates to an automobile sliding door strength test detection device, and belongs to the technical field of automobile sliding door detection devices.The automobile sliding door strength test detection device comprises a rack, a sliding assembly and a pulling assembly, the rack is arranged beside an automobile sliding door, the sliding assembly comprises a sliding cylinder, a sliding plate and a connecting rod, the sliding plate is arranged on the rack in a sliding mode, and the sliding cylinder is arranged on the rack; the output end of the sliding cylinder is connected with the sliding plate. The sliding direction of the sliding plate is parallel to the sliding direction of the automobile sliding door. The connecting rod is a rigid rod, the two ends of the connecting rod are connected with the sliding plate and the automobile sliding door respectively, the pulling assembly is arranged on the sliding plate, the output end of the pulling assembly is connected with a handle of the automobile sliding door, and the pulling assembly is used for relieving the mutual locking matching relation of the automobile sliding door and the automobile door.

The invention discloses a load transfer device of a head-mounted platform and a working method of the load transfer device, and the device transfers a helmet load to the shoulders of a human body through the synergistic effect of a top quick release piece, a rigid rod, a connecting piece, an elastic rod and a U-shaped shoulder bearing platform. Wherein the top quick-release part adopts a self-locking mechanism in which a spring ejection part is linked with a quick-release key, so that single-hand quick disassembly and assembly are realized; the height of the rigid rod is adjusted through multiple holes, and the double-support structure of the elastic rod generates self-adaptive support reaction force in a compression bending state; the U-shaped shoulder platform is provided with a carbon fiber flexible shoulder pad and a braid connector, and pressure is evenly dispersed in combination with elastic deformation. The working method comprises the three stages of push-press type self-locking installation, elastic rod compression force transmission path construction and key triggering rapid separation. The head-mounted device solves the problem of neck fatigue caused by load concentration of a traditional head-mounted device, has wearing comfort, dynamic stability and emergency quick release functions, and is suitable for the field of equipment needing to be worn for a long time such as AR / VR equipment.

A portable chair featuring a unique combination of elements for enhanced utility and comfort. The chair includes a sealable five-gallon plastic bucket with a lid, encased in an insulated fabric sheath with a bottom panel and an annular wall panel forming a cavity for the bucket. A pivotal seat portion is attached to the bucket's lid, which includes a rigid panel with a threaded aperture, a seat pad, and a fabric panel enveloping the seat pad. The seat pivots via a threaded fastener passing through the lid's aperture. Additionally, the chair is equipped with shoulder straps and an adjustable padded hip belt. The chair features a pair of rigid telescoping poles, configurable in extended or storage positions, which allows the chair to transition from a compact, backpack-like configuration to a functional seating arrangement, meeting both storage and comfort needs.

The utility model discloses an integral stress photovoltaic flexible support of a fast-assembly limiting structure, which comprises a plurality of groups of steel strand stress structures which are arranged in parallel to form a flexible stress unit, the flexible stress unit comprises a first steel strand and a second steel strand which are parallel to each other, and a plane formed by the first steel strand and the second steel strand forms an inclination angle with a horizontal plane; a full-length rigid rod piece is arranged below the direction perpendicular to the steel strand, the full-length rigid rod piece is in a U shape, turnups are arranged at the tops of two side wings of the U shape, and quick mounting holes are formed in the turnups. The first steel strand is directly installed on the upper surface of the full-length rigid rod piece through a pressing plate. An elevated supporting component is arranged at the intersection of the horizontal projection of the second steel strand and the upper surface of the full-length rigid rod piece, the bottom of the elevated supporting component is directly connected with a quick mounting hole in the full-length rigid rod piece, and the top of the elevated supporting component is connected with the second steel strand through a pressing plate to form a limiting structure; and the relative position of the steel strand under the wind load effect is limited.

The invention provides a curtain airbag assembly and a vehicle including the same. The curtain airbag assembly includes an inflator, an inflatable curtain airbag, and a rigid rod. The inflatable curtain airbag includes a pocket portion and a body portion extending from the pocket portion. The pocket portion defines one or more pockets and a plurality of cutouts spaced apart from each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the pocket portion. The main body portion, upon activation, receives gas from the inflator and expands. A rigid rod extends through the one or more pockets and is received within a plurality of receiving members mounted to a body member of the vehicle to secure the curtain airbag assembly to the body member.