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Occupant protection device

US7584992B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

7References

34Claims

0Family size

Assignee

TAKATA-PETRI AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Riedel · Nuremberg, DE
Georg Rasch · Schömberg, DE
Hans-Peter Sendelbach · Senden, DE
Christian Weyrich · Langenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2005
Grant date	Sep 8, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 21, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/23595
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An occupant protection device for protecting a vehicle occupant in the event of a vehicle accident, with a gas generator and an airbag which is connected to the gas generator and is inflated by the gas generator in the event of an accident. The gas generator includes a combustion chamber with propellant material which is ignited by a releasable igniting charge, and both the gas formed during combustion of the igniting charge and the gas formed during combustion of the propellant material being used for filling the airbag.

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