Device for protecting against a side impact in a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A device for protecting against a side impact in a motor vehicle comprising a gas cushion which in the uninflated state is arranged in a trim of a vehicle door and in the inflated state extends laterally in the vehicle and beyond a lower edge of the window of the door, characterized in that the gas cushion is supportable on the vehicle door by at least two respective inflatable supports which upon inflation extend beyond the lower edge of the window of the door and wherein the respective inflatable supports are supported on the vehicle door at fastening points in the region in which the supports extend along the vehicle door.
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Abstract
A device for protecting against a side impact in a motor vehicle has a gas cushion which in the undeployed state is arranged in the trim of a vehicle door and in the inflated state extends beyond the lower edge of the window of the door, whereby the gas cushion is supported by at least two inflatable supports on the vehicle door which extend beyond the lower edge of the window of the door.
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- 1. A device for protecting against a side impact in a motor vehicle comprising a gas cushion which in the uninflated state is arranged in a trim of a vehicle door and in the inflated state extends laterally in the vehicle and beyond a lower edge of the window of the door, characterized in that the gas cushion is supportable on the vehicle door by at least two respective inflatable supports which upon inflation extend beyond the lower edge of the window of the door and wherein the respective inflatable supports are supported on the vehicle door at fastening points in the region in which the supports extend along the vehicle door.
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