Front airbag for a vehicle occupant

US11007967B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Lothar Zink · Alfdorf, DE
• Bernd Issler · Schorndorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2017
• Grant date: May 18, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23382
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A front airbag (10) for a vehicle occupant (12), especially a passenger airbag, comprises a contact panel (22) facing the vehicle occupant (12) in the inflated state, wherein in the interior of the airbag at the contact panel (22) first tensile means (32) are arranged which in portions retain the contact panel (22) in the inflated state of the airbag (10) and are disposed so that the contact panel (22) forms a side bulge on at least one of its two lateral edges and forms plural central bulges between the lateral edges which central bulges are smaller in cross-section than the at least one side bulge. At least a second tensile means (38) is disposed so that the contact panel (22) forms an upper bulge (36) which substantially extends in the transverse vehicle direction (y) and, with respect to a vertical vehicle axis (z), is disposed above the central bulges.