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Airbag module

  • US 6,238,438 B1
  • Filed: 06/04/1999
  • Issued: 05/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gas bag module for use in a vehicle, for head protection in case of a side impact,with an elongated mounting housing (10), which has two opposing side walls (12, 14) running spaced apart from each other and has a cross-piece (16) connecting the side walls (12, 14), and with a gas bag (20) accommodated in folded state in the mounting housing (10), characterized by at least one spacer spaced apart from the cross-piece (16), which spacer extends between the side walls (12, 14) and connects them with each other such that a moving apart of the side walls (12, 14) is at least largely avoided when the mounting housing (10) is open and the gas bag (20) unfolds.

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