Patent · US Expired

Occupant restraint system having an airbag

US5354095A · kind A · utility

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6References

1Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Muller · Wuppertal, DE
Luigi Brambilla · Eppelheim, DE
Wolfgang Henseler · Tübingen, DE
Guido Wetzel · Neubukow, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 1993
Grant date	Oct 11, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/58
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an occupant restraint system having an air bag which is automatically inflated by means of a gas generator in the event of an accident and, during this process, emerges from a housing or the like whilst opening a padded flap which normally closes the housing or the like. In this case, an intended tearing point arranged at the edge of the flap remote from the pivot axis is undone, which intended tearing point is shielded by a thick pad swelling from contact by the occupant to be protected.

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