Vehicle safety arrangement for positioning a vehicle occupant

US5490691A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Ruprecht Sinnhuber · Gifhorn, DE
• Bernd Richter · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 1994
• Grant date: Feb 13, 1996
• Expiry date: May 23, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/26058
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

To protect a vehicle occupant from injury by a safety airbag activated in the event of a collision when the occupant's actual position is different from a normal occupant restraint position, an occupant-moving arrangement is provided to move the occupant into the normal restraint position prior to full activation of an airbag. The occupant-moving arrangement is effected by inflation of the airbag with an initially limited pressure or by a movable cushion or a pivoted flap driven by a gas generator.