Air-bag arrangement

US6010149A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

• Johannes RIEDEL · Munich, DE
• Rainer Wunsch · Ebensfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23386
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An air-bag arrangement for a motor vehicle, the air-bag arrangement including an air-bag adapted to be inflated, in the event that an accident should arise, to form a curtain, the air-bag having a fixation strap extending between the curtain and an anchor point, the fixation strap including inflatable means to shorten the effective length of the fixation strap upon inflation.