Controlled deflation device for a gas bag

US6811183B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• I.E.E. International Electronics & Engineering S.ar.l. · LU
• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Bogdan-Catalin Serban · Bucharest, RO
• Michel Witte · Luxembourg, LU
• Volker Petri · Aidlingen, DE
• Michael Meyer · Altdorf, DE
• Harald Rudolf · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2004
• Expiry date: May 30, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/01528
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for venting a gas bag made of a textile material includes at least one ignitable pyrotechnic charge which is associated with the gas bag in such a way that, when the pyrotechnic charge is ignited, at least one thread of the textile material is directly destroyed by the explosion of the pyrotechnic charge.