Airbag device

US6106007A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Kretschmer · Eßlingen, DE
• Klaus Moller · Mutterstadt, DE
• Reinhard Schmale · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2000
• Expiry date: May 20, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/2176
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag device for a vehicle is described, which has an airbag consisting of an inflatable gas cushion, a gas generator for filling the airbag, a gas conduction pipe which extends through a separated region of the airbag, outlet openings in the gas conduction pipe, a profile strip with a shooting channel formed therein, in which the airbag laid in stacked folds is received in addition to the gas conduction pipe and attachment elements for holding the construction unit comprising the profile strip, airbag and gas conduction pipe.