Upper body side protection device for a vehicle occupant and vehicle seat

US7080880B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Dominique Acker · Mühläckerle, DE
• Sven Hofmann · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Jürgen Hirth · Gaildorf, DE
• Norbert Ellerbrok · Alfdorf, DE
• Andreas Loos · Rechberghausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/207
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat has an upper body side protection device that is integrated in the back rest. The protection device comprises a gas bag which has an elongated, oval chamber via which, in the case of an intrusion, the force is introduced into the occupant principally in the region of the hip and the shoulder, in order to displace him in the direction towards the center of the vehicle.