Airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system and method for producing a vehicle occupant restraint system

US8931801B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TAKATA CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Jens Feller · Illerkirchberg, DE
• Torsten Schmidt · Chemnitz, DE
• Rainer Heuschmid · Ulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23576
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag comprising at least one first and one second layer of an airbag material, at least one inflatable chamber formed between the first and the second layer, which is inflatable for the protection of a vehicle occupant and at least one seam, by which the first and the second layer are connected with each other along at least a portion of their respective circumference. The airbag is deployed between a vehicle occupant and a vehicle side structure. The airbag is formed such that when the airbag is mounted in the vehicle and inflated, the seam extends along a plane which is oriented obliquely or transversely to a plane formed by the longitudinal and the height direction of the vehicle.