Passenger side airbag module

US7159900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/261
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag module in a motor vehicle having a modular casing installed behind at least one opening flap built into the instrument panel is characterized in that the disk-shaped gas generator, including the modular casing surrounding it, is arranged on-edge at an angle to the plane of the instrument panel, its narrow side being defined by the gas-discharge openings arranged on its perimeter, and the folded airbag is arranged at least partially between the narrow side of the gas generator and the opening flap.