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Safety arrangement for a vehicle occupant

  • US 5,556,128 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1995
  • Issued: 09/17/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety arrangement for a vehicle occupant comprising an airbag arrangement having a first airbag compartment positioned to protect the occupant'"'"'s head and a second airbag compartment positioned to protect the occupant'"'"'s torso during a side collision, gas generator means actuatable in response to a signal from a collision sensor, and control means for controlling the activation of the gas generator means, wherein the gas generator means and the airbag arrangement are assembled as a unit and attached to a vehicle component or structural part and wherein the first and second airbag compartments have different filling characteristics and the first airbag compartment has a longer relaxation time than the second airbag compartment and the first and second airbag compartments, when filled with gas from the gas generator means, extend forwardly in vertically spaced relation substantially in the direction of view of the vehicle occupant and provide a substantially C-shaped contour in side view.

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