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Gas cushion system

  • US 5,280,948 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1993
  • Issued: 01/25/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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