Gas cushion system
First Claim
1. A gas cushion system for passenger collision-protection for passengers in a motor vehicle, comprising an approximately vat-shaped, elongated housing configured to be installable in the motor vehicle and having an open longitudinal side adapted to face a passenger space in the vehicle, in an installed position, and a tubular housing disposed within the elongated housing and between end faces of the elongated housing in a longitudinal direction, and configured to receive a cartridge-shaped gas generator for automatically inflating a gasbag disposed on the open longitudinal side of the elongated housing in the event of an accident, wherein parts of the wall of the tubular housing and a lower wall of the elongated housing running parallel to an axis of the tubular housing, form at least a portion of a one-piece extrusion profile and the tubular housing and elongated housing form a one-piece unit casting, and the cartridge-shaped gas generator absent any separate housing is configured to be insertable directly into the tubular housing.
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Abstract
A gas cushion system such as an airbag system has an essentially vat-shaped, elongated housing with an open longitudinal side, and a tubular housing disposed within the housing in a longitudinal direction thereof between its end faces, for a cartridge-shaped gas generator. The generator functions to inflate a gasbag disposed on the open longitudinal side of the vat-shaped housing. The vat-shaped and tubular housings form a prefabricatable unit, into which the gas generator can be directly inserted without any separate housing.
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- 1. A gas cushion system for passenger collision-protection for passengers in a motor vehicle, comprising an approximately vat-shaped, elongated housing configured to be installable in the motor vehicle and having an open longitudinal side adapted to face a passenger space in the vehicle, in an installed position, and a tubular housing disposed within the elongated housing and between end faces of the elongated housing in a longitudinal direction, and configured to receive a cartridge-shaped gas generator for automatically inflating a gasbag disposed on the open longitudinal side of the elongated housing in the event of an accident, wherein parts of the wall of the tubular housing and a lower wall of the elongated housing running parallel to an axis of the tubular housing, form at least a portion of a one-piece extrusion profile and the tubular housing and elongated housing form a one-piece unit casting, and the cartridge-shaped gas generator absent any separate housing is configured to be insertable directly into the tubular housing.
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