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Side airbag device

US7500694B2 · kind B2 · utility

13Cited by

8References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

TAKATA-PETRI AG · DE

Inventors

Benedikt Heudorfer · Nersingen, DE
Stefan Schafer · Aachen, DE
Holger Rist · Blaustein, DE
Michael Kraft · Blaustein, DE
Christian Weyrich · Langenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2006
Grant date	Mar 10, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/23386
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A side airbag device for a vehicle includes an airbag which is deployed in the event of an accident and, in the deployed state, covers a side wall section of the vehicle. In order for the airbag to reliably deploy, provision is made according to embodiments of the invention for the side airbag device to have a deployment control mechanism which deflect the airbag during its deployment around an obstacle situated in a region of a side wall section.

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