Vehicle occupant restraint device

US6431586B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Heinz Eyrainer · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Alexander Heilig · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Reiner Dannenhauer · Welzheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/2617
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A restraint device for an occupant in a vehicle having a steering wheel, a dashboard with a lower end limiting a footwell, an A-pillar and a windshield, comprises a first gas bag for protecting the thorax area of a vehicle occupant, and a second gas bag for supporting the first gas bag. The second gas bag has a deployed condition and extends at least partly over the windshield of the vehicle in the deployed condition.