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Gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system

US7040650B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 2002
Grant dateMay 9, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R21/239
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system, which gas bag can be transferred from a folded condition into a deployed condition and comprises a first chamber which has an inflation opening, and a second chamber which is in flow connection with the first chamber. The first chamber is generally elongate in the deployed condition and the second chamber is connected with the first chamber at a side face of the first chamber, so that the gas bag is asymmetrical. A limiting strap is provided which extends across an outside of the second chamber and across part of an outside of the first chamber.

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