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Lateral impact gas bag

  • US 5,692,774 A
  • Filed: 08/02/1996
  • Issued: 12/02/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lateral impact gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraining system comprising a wall (12) in which an inlet opening (11) for the inflation of the gas bag (10) is provided, and furthermore a partition (15) in the interior of the gas bag, which divides the interior of the gas bag (10) into two adjacent chambers (30, 35), which may communicate with each other through a connecting opening (38) formed in the partition (15), the wall (12) of the gas bag (10) being folded up in a space saving manner in a stowed condition thereof and the gas bag (10) being adapted to deploy during inflation generally in a preferred deployment direction extending from the inlet opening (11), characterized in that the two chambers (30, 35) are elongated and the longitudinal extent thereof coincides with the preferred deployment direction, that the inlet opening (11) is provided at a first longitudinal end and the connecting opening (38) is provided at a second longitudinal end of the first chamber (30), and that the connecting opening (38) is shut off, in the folded condition of the wall (12), by overlying wall parts and during deployment of the wall (12) is only released on reaching a point adjacent to the second longitudinal end of the first chamber (30).

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