Lateral airbag device
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1. A lateral airbag device, comprising:
- an airbag mounted in a vehicle seat below a seat cover of the vehicle seat, the airbag being inflated in an event of a vehicle accident, wherein the seat cover includes at least one tear seam which is torn open by the deploying airbag and permits the airbag to emerge from the vehicle seat, and wherein the deploying airbag deploys into a predetermined position by the configuration of the seat cover, or the seat cover maintains a predetermined position of the airbag.
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Abstract
A lateral airbag device comprises a gas bag which is mounted in a vehicle seat below the seat covering of the vehicle seat. The gas bag is inflated in the event of an accident. The seat covering comprises at least one break line, which can be torn open when the gas bag unfolds enabling the gas bag to exit the vehicle seat. The lateral airbag device is capable of protecting the occupants of a vehicle in the event of an accident in a reliable manner. The seat covering is configured to bring the unfolding gas bag to a predetermined position or to maintain the unfolded gas bag in the predetermined positioned.
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28 Claims
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1. A lateral airbag device, comprising:
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an airbag mounted in a vehicle seat below a seat cover of the vehicle seat, the airbag being inflated in an event of a vehicle accident, wherein the seat cover includes at least one tear seam which is torn open by the deploying airbag and permits the airbag to emerge from the vehicle seat, and wherein the deploying airbag deploys into a predetermined position by the configuration of the seat cover, or the seat cover maintains a predetermined position of the airbag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a lateral airbag device that includes an airbag mounted in a vehicle seat below a seat cover of the vehicle seat, the airbag being inflated in an event of a vehicle accident, wherein the seat cover includes at least one tear seam which is torn open by the deploying airbag and permits the airbag to emerge from the vehicle seat, and wherein the deploying airbag deploys into a predetermined position by the configuration of the seat cover, or the seat cover maintains a predetermined position of the airbag.
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15. A method for protecting a vehicle occupant, comprising:
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positioning an airbag in a vehicle seat such that the airbag is inflated in an event of an accident; and
tearing open at least one tear seam in a seat cover of the vehicle seat such that the airbag deploys through an opening from the opened tear seam, wherein a position of the deploying or of the deployed airbag is determined by the seat cover. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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