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Side gas bag restraint system

  • US 6,375,216 B1
  • Filed: 05/04/2000
  • Issued: 04/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A side gas bag restraint system for a vehicle having a roof frame and vehicle columns extending upwardly to said roof frame and having side windows, said roof frame and said vehicle columns being covered by at least one lining, said system comprisingan inflatable curtain-like gas bag covering at least one side window of said vehicle to at least a major extent in an unfolded inflated state of said gas bag and being attached to said vehicle at fastening points, an elongated guide device to which said gas bag is displaceably fastened and along which said gas bag moves itself on inflation of said gas bag and due only to inflation of said gas bag, said guide device being arranged behind a lining in a folded state of said gas bag and extending downwardly along a vehicle column in the inflated and in the folded state of said gas bag, said guide device having two stationary fastening ends at which said guide device is fixed to said vehicle, said guide device being constructed so as to be so flexible that said gas bag draws said guide device out from said lining on inflation of said gas bag, and said gas bag being tensioned between its fastening points and said guide device when inflated.

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