Patent · US Expired

Device for protecting against a side impact in a motor vehicle

US5984348A · kind A · utility

20Cited by

8References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Breed Automotive Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Martin Specht · Feldafing, DE
Rudolf Meyer · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 9, 1998
Grant date	Nov 16, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/2612
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for protecting against a side impact in a motor vehicle has a gas cushion which in the undeployed state is arranged in the trim of a vehicle door and in the inflated state extends beyond the lower edge of the window of the door, whereby the gas cushion is supported by at least two inflatable supports on the vehicle door which extend beyond the lower edge of the window of the door.

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