Airbag, method of folding the latter, and device for carrying out the method

US6250675A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Petri AG · DE

Inventors

• Andrea Dietsch · Schornsheim, DE
• Gerd Radtke · Berlin, DE
• Falk Ose · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/2375
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag for an airbag module wherein, in the folded state, the airbag has at least one constriction and folds extending in an ordered and/or chaotic manner. Preferably, the constriction extends from the top of the airbag to the bottom and perpendicular to the plane of the expanded unfolded airbag.