Passenger front airbag

US8544882B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

• Alexander Gulde · Haimhausen, DE
• Roland Peiz · Hilgertshausen, DE
• Armin Kränzle · Dießen, DE
• Peter Gerisch · Neufahrn, DE
• Reinhard Böswirth · Hebertshausen, DE
• Stefan Taubert · Friedberg, DE
• Marc Schock · Karlsfeld, DE
• Jens Hoffmann · Darmstadt, DE
• Anna Gawlowska · Kowary, PL
• Michal Skibinski · Pabianice, PL
• Marcin Wiaderny · Wrocław, PL
• Marek Sofinski · Oława, PL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2022/4841
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A front passenger airbag (5) is described for arrangement in the instrument panel (20) of a motor vehicle. It has an airbag envelope (10) having an impact area (11) and lateral surfaces extending from the impact area (11). In order to use small gas generators and to reduce the danger for a passenger in a non-standard seating position, the impact area (11) is nearly exclusively allocated to the front passenger's (I) head or head and shoulder area, the impact area (11) having a concave shape when the airbag envelope (10) is fully expanded and free of external forces, such that a left and right section of the impact area (11) respectively extend farther into the interior of the motor vehicle than a central section.