Airbag having chaotic folds and airbag module with the same

US6623034B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TAKATA-PETRI AG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2020

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.