Patent · US Expired

Airbag system designed for two persons

US7093846B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

19Claims

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Assignee

Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

Thomas Reiter · Dachau, DE
Karl-Heinz Sommer · Stockdorf, DE
Jörg Albert · Germering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 2003
Grant date	Aug 22, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/2615
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag system for jointly supporting at least two vehicle occupants inside a motor vehicle in case of an accident with at least two separate airbags inflatable with a gas supplied by a gas generator. The airbag system has at least two airbags (14, 15) folded into a common housing (10) to be arranged in the dashboard of the motor vehicle. The airbags are connected to a common gas generator (11) having at least two outflow areas (13, 18, 19) assigned to the at least two airbags (14, 15). Each airbag (14, 15) is sealed by a deflector (16, 17) inserted therein against the respectively other airbag (14, 15), and the airbags are fixed inside the housing (10).

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