Patent · US Expired

Vehicle with an airbag device connected to interior fittings

US6938916B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

14Claims

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Assignee

Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

Rene Rade · Pinneberg, DE
Peter Tiefenthaler · Munich, DE
Manfred Veigl · Poing, DE
Karl-Heinz Sommer · Stockdorf, DE
Rudiger Lang · Minden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2003
Grant date	Sep 6, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/2646
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle with an airbag device covered by part of an interior fitting, comprising an airbag disposed behind the interior fitting part and a gas generator which is pyrotechnically connected to the airbag. A cord-type gas generator (20) is used as a gas generator and is disposed inside the airbag (18). The cord-type gas generator (20) is placed lengthways within a U-shaped recess in the interior fitting which opens upon inflation of the airbag device.

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