Patent · US Expired

Gas bag lateral impact protective device

US5803485A · kind A · utility

57Cited by

3References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Dominique Acker · Mühläckerle, DE
Thomas Richter · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 1996
Grant date	Sep 8, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 8, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/2615
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas bag lateral impact protective device for vehicle occupants is integrated in the back of a vehicle seat and comprises a compressed gas source, a thorax protecting gas bag and a head protecting gas bag. Both gas bags are to be inflated by the compressed gas source and are adapted to deploy on inflation in a space to the side of the seat back, the head protecting gas bag, upon inflation, deploying above the thorax protecting gas bag.

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