Vehicle gas bag providing lateral protection
First Claim
1. A vehicle occupant protection means incorporated into a vehicle with an A-pillar and a B-pillar and a front side window, said protection means comprising an inflatable head-side gas bag having a deflated condition and an inflated condition and extending from said A-pillar up to at least said B-pillar of said vehicle and at least one gas generator, said gas bag comprising a front section which covers said A-pillar at least to a major extent in the inflated condition of said gas bag and in the case of an offset head-on collision and a skew front-end collision prevents head contact with said A-pillar, said head-side gas bag taking a spacious, cushion-shaped configuration in its inflated condition, covering said front side window to a major extent and having several chambers, one of said chambers extending over said front side window of said vehicle and one of said chambers for covering said A-pillar, said chamber for covering said A-pillar forming said front section and being separated from said chamber extending over said front side window, a separate gas generator being provided for inflating said chamber for covering said A-pillar, and said head-side gas bag, in its inflated condition, being attached to pillars of said vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle occupant protection device incorporated into a vehicle with an A-pillar and a B-pillar, comprises an inflatable head-side gas bag extending from the A-pillar up to at least the B-pillar of the vehicle and a gas generator. The gas bag has a front section which covers the A-pillar at least to a major extent in the inflated condition of the gas bag and in the case of an offset head-on collision and a skew front-end collision prevents head contact with the A-pillar.
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- 1. A vehicle occupant protection means incorporated into a vehicle with an A-pillar and a B-pillar and a front side window, said protection means comprising an inflatable head-side gas bag having a deflated condition and an inflated condition and extending from said A-pillar up to at least said B-pillar of said vehicle and at least one gas generator, said gas bag comprising a front section which covers said A-pillar at least to a major extent in the inflated condition of said gas bag and in the case of an offset head-on collision and a skew front-end collision prevents head contact with said A-pillar, said head-side gas bag taking a spacious, cushion-shaped configuration in its inflated condition, covering said front side window to a major extent and having several chambers, one of said chambers extending over said front side window of said vehicle and one of said chambers for covering said A-pillar, said chamber for covering said A-pillar forming said front section and being separated from said chamber extending over said front side window, a separate gas generator being provided for inflating said chamber for covering said A-pillar, and said head-side gas bag, in its inflated condition, being attached to pillars of said vehicle.
- 6. A vehicle occupant protection means incorporated into a vehicle with an A-pillar and a B-pillar and a front side window, said protection means comprising a head-side gas bag having a deflated condition and an inflated condition, said gas bag in the inflated condition extending along the side of said vehicle over said A-pillar and over said B-pillar and over said front side window, at least one inflator for inflating said gas bag, said gas bag comprising an inflatable front section which covers said A-pillar at least to a major extent and blocks head contact with said A-pillar in the inflated condition of said gas bag, said gas bag also having a single inflatable chamber connected to said front section and in the inflated condition of the gas bag extending over said B-pillar and extending over a major portion of said front side window between the portion of the A-pillar which is extended over by said front section and the portion of the B-pillar extended over by said single inflatable chamber, said single inflatable chamber blocking head contact with said B-pillar and said front side window in the inflated condition of said gas bag.
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