Gas flow distributor for a lateral airbag module

US7364191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Takata-Petri (Ulm) GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Siegel · Schifferstadt, DE
• Alexander Aulbach · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Rainer Heuschmid · Ulm, DE
• Hans-Peter Sendelbach · Senden, DE
• Christian Weyrich · Langenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0006
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas flow distributor for a lateral airbag module. The distributor is used to distribute a gas flow leaving a gas generator by the outflow openings thereof, in a targeted manner, in a gas bag which is to be inflated by the gas generator. According to an embodiment, the gas flow distributor is formed by a dimensionally stable receiving element surrounding outflow openings of the gas generator.