Airbag device mounted in a roof frame region of a vehicle

• US 5,362,097 A
• Filed: 02/23/1993
• Issued: 11/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Barske, Heiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Brian L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ellis, Christopher P.
• Application Number:
  US08/021,486
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730 R, 280/730 A, 280/728 R
• US Class Current: 280/730.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/21525 the lid being fixed on the bag, or forming part of the bag wall, or the bag itself being used as wall liner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2612 Gas guiding means, e.g. ducts
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars

Abstract

An airbag device in a roof frame region of a vehicle includes an airbag and a casing provided with orifices to supply gas to the airbag, the casing being formed by the roof frame region itself, and the airbag forming a constituent part of a roof frame lining in the collapsed condition.

Claims

1. An airbag device for a vehicle comprising a roof frame including a roof frame member providing support for a roof of a vehicle, an interior roof lining adjacent to the roof of the vehicle, at least one airbag mounted adjacent to a portion of the roof frame member and, while in its deflated state, forming an extension of the roof lining adjacent to the roof frame member, the portion of the roof frame member adjacent to the airbag being hollow and having at least one orifice to permit transfer of gas from the hollow space within the roof frame member to the airbag, and a gas generator disposed within the roof frame member to supply gas to the hollow space therein and through the orifice to the airbag.