Airbag package for an occupant restraining system of a motor vehicle, occupant restraining system, and method for producing such an airbag package

US9333933B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Kunkel · Haibach, DE
• Klaus Freudenberger · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Dieter Rumpf · Neuenstadt am Kocher, DE
• Stefan Sapountzis · Erlenbach a.Main, DE
• Stefan Hepp · Goldbach, DE
• Stefan Bachmann · Heimbuchenthal, DE
• Timm Herold · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2013
• Grant date: May 10, 2016
• Expiry date: May 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/2375
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an airbag package (1) for an occupant restraint system of an automotive vehicle comprising a folded airbag (2) and clearances formed between the material of the airbag, wherein the airbag package (1) has a real package volume Vreal composed of the airbag volume VSack of the airbag (2) and the clearance volume Vfrei of the clearances. The invention excels by the fact that the ratio Vreal/VSack between the package volume Vreal and the airbag volume VSack is at most 3.2. The invention further relates to an occupant restraint system comprising such airbag package and to a method of manufacturing an airbag package.