Gas bag with a discharge opening

• US 20060163854A1
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Issler, Bernd, Aranzulla, Daniele
• Granted Patent: US 7,243,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/743.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means

Abstract

A gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint arrangement includes an inner fabric layer (16), a middle fabric layer (20) and an outer fabric layer (18) lying one over another. Each fabric layer (16, 20, 18) has a section in which at least one opening (10, 14, 12) is formed. The overlapping of the sections with the openings (10, 14, 12) form a discharge opening of the gas bag. The section of the middle fabric layer (20) is movable relative to the sections of the inner and outer fabric layers (16, 18) depending on the internal pressure of the gas bag and thereby altering the cross section of the discharge opening.

Claims

1. A gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint arrangement, the gas bag including an inner fabric layer, a middle fabric layer and an outer fabric layer lying one over another, each fabric layer having a section in which at least one opening is formed, the overlapping of the sections with the openings forming a discharge opening of the gas bag, the section of the middle fabric layer being movable relative to the sections of the inner and outer fabric layers depending on the internal pressure of the gas bag and thereby altering the cross section of the discharge opening.

2. The gas bag according to claim 1, wherein the inner and the outer fabric layers are connected with each other such that an intermediate space is formed therebetween in which the middle fabric layer is arranged, the middle fabric layer being connected at one point both with the inner fabric layer and also with the outer fabric layer.

3. The gas bag according to claim 2, wherein the middle fabric layer is connected at a center section with the inner and the outer fabric layers.

4. The gas bag according to claim 1, wherein the opening of the middle fabric layer, in the inflated state of the gas bag without external intervention, is arranged staggered to the openings of the inner and the outer fabric layers.

5. The gas bag according to claim 1, wherein the inner and the outer fabric layers are connected with each other by a seam or glued portion or the like entirely surrounding the middle fabric layer.

6. The gas bag according to claim 1, wherein the middle fabric layer is substantially circular.

7. The gas bag according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of openings corresponding with each other, respectively, are provided in each of the fabric layers.