Lateral head protection arrangement for a vehicle occupant
First Claim
1. A lateral head protection arrangement for a vehicle occupant comprising a vertically adjustable articulation structure for a safety harness including a support pin movable in a locking rail adjacent to the location of a vehicle occupant, an air bag movable with the pin and arranged to be interposed between the pin and the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a gas generator connected to the air bag and disposed on the opposite side of the locking rail from the air bag.
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Abstract
A lateral head protection arrangement for protecting a vehicle occupant from injuries due to hard parts of a vertically adjustable articulation structure for a safety harness includes a harness support pin in the articulation structure which supports an air bag on the side toward a vehicle occupant and a gas generator disposed with a locking rail in the B-column of the vehicle body. Thus, the air bag is positioned between the vehicle occupant and the articulation structure in all vertical positions of the harness support pin.
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3 Claims
- 1. A lateral head protection arrangement for a vehicle occupant comprising a vertically adjustable articulation structure for a safety harness including a support pin movable in a locking rail adjacent to the location of a vehicle occupant, an air bag movable with the pin and arranged to be interposed between the pin and the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a gas generator connected to the air bag and disposed on the opposite side of the locking rail from the air bag.
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