AIRBAG ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20070069512A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
• Original Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
• Inventors: SIEGEL, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 7,398,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/740
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23123 Heat protection panels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2617 Curtain bag nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/217 Inflation fluid source retainers, e.g. reaction canisters; Connection of bags, covers, diffusers or inflation fluid sources therewith or together
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration

Abstract

An airbag can include a covering that surrounds an interior space that can be filled with gas, a gas-conducting pipe which is stretched longitudinally along a direction of extent, and a contact region of the covering that surrounds the inflow opening and encloses the gas-conducting pipe in a sealing manner along a circumferential direction of the gas-conducting pipe that encircles the direction of extent. A protective layer of the covering can be arranged, at least in some sections in the interior space of the covering, with respect to the gas-conducting pipe so that damage to the covering during filling of the interior space of the covering with hot gas can be prevented by the protective layer. At least one fastening region of the protective layer, via which the protective layer can be connected to the covering, can be connected to the contact region of the covering.

Claims

1. An airbag for a motor vehicle that can be inflated to protect a vehicle occupant, comprising:

a covering that forms an interior space that can be filled with gas, wherein the covering comprises an inflow opening;

a contact region that is configured to contact a gas-conducting pipe that conducts gas through the inflow opening and into the interior space to inflate the airbag, wherein the contact region surrounds the inflow opening and encloses the gas-conducting pipe in a sealing manner along a circumferential direction of the gas-conducting pipe; and

a protective layer that is arranged to protect the covering from hot gas that fills the interior space of the covering, wherein the protective layer comprises at least one fastening region that connects the protective layer to the covering, wherein the at least one fastening region is connected to the contact region.

2. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact region comprises a sealing region which encloses the gas-conducting pipe in a sealing manner in the circumferential direction;

wherein the sealing region divides the covering of the airbag into a gas-tight and a gas-permeable part, wherein the at least one fastening region is connected to the gas-permeable part.

3. The airbag as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one fastening region of the protective layer is fastened to the contact region along a direction of extent between the inflow opening and the sealing region.

4. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one fastening region is configured for fastening the covering to a motor vehicle part.

5. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the covering is formed from at least one first and one second airbag layer.

6. The airbag as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and the second airbag layer each have a cutout, wherein the two cutouts are congruent.

7. The airbag as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cutout of the first airbag layer is bounded by an inner encircling edge of the first airbag layer, and wherein the cutout of the second airbag layer is bounded by an inner encircling edge of the second airbag layer;

wherein the first and second airbag layers are connected to each other along inner encircling edges of the first and second airbag layers to form the covering.

8. The airbag as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a first edge region protruding from the first airbag layer along the direction of extent and a second edge region protruding from the second airbag layer along the direction of extent, wherein the two edge regions are connected to each other to form the contact region of the covering.

9. The airbag as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first edge region is an inner encircling edge of the first airbag layer, and wherein the second edge region is an inner encircling edge of the second airbag layer.

10. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective layer is fixed to an inside of the covering, which faces the interior space of the covering, by an adhesive connection.

11. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective layer widens transversely with respect to a direction that the contact region extends in.

12. The airbag as claimed in claim 5, wherein the protective layer is arranged in the interior space of the covering at a distance from a connection connecting the first airbag layer to the second airbag layer.

13. The airbag as claimed in claim 12, wherein the connection comprises an inner seam which connects the two airbag layers to each other along their two inner encircling edges.

14. The airbag as claimed in claim 13, wherein the inner seam is sealed at a distance from the at least one fastening region by an inner seal running along the seam.

15. The airbag as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one fastening region of the protective layer is fixed to the contact region of the covering by means of the connection.

16. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one fastening region is arranged outside a part of the covering that can be filled with gas.

17. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective layer is connected to the covering at a distance from the contact region.

18. The airbag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one fastening region is connected to the covering by a seam, wherein the seam is formed by edge regions of a plurality of airbag layers.

19. An airbag module, comprising:

a gas generator;

a gas-conducting pipe that conducts gas produced by the gas generator to an airbag;

wherein the airbag includes;

a covering that forms an interior space that can be filled with the gas, wherein the covering includes an inflow opening for receiving the gas produced by the gas generator into the interior space; and

a contact region that is configured to contact the gas-conducting pipe, wherein the contact region surrounds the inflow opening and encloses the gas-conducting pipe in a sealing manner along a circumferential direction of the gas-conducting pipe; and

a protective layer that is arranged to protect the covering from hot gas that fills the interior space of the covering, wherein the protective layer comprises at least one fastening region that connects the protective layer to the covering, wherein the at least one fastening region is connected to the contact region.