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Gas bag arrangements for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle

  • US 8,899,618 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2011
  • Issued: 12/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gasbag arrangement for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising a gasbag which can be inflated for protecting a vehicle occupant, whereinthe gasbag, when inflated and mounted in the vehicle, comprises an indentation in a portion that points towards the vehicle floor in the straight-ahead position of the steering wheel for reducing the expansion of a gasbag in the direction of a body region extending below the thorax region of the vehicle occupant such that a load on that body region during an impact of the vehicle occupant on the gasbag is minimized, and the indentation in the portion that points toward the vehicle floor comprises a bottom region that is located at the same level as a lower side of a steering wheel rim of the steering wheel,when the gasbag is inflated and mounted in the vehicle, a portion of the gasbag facing towards the thorax region of the vehicle occupant to be protected comprises a thorax region indentation in order to minimize the load on the thorax region of the vehicle occupant, andthe thorax region indentation is generated by a tether extending in the interior of the gasbag, the tether extending between a portion of the gasbag that, when the gasbag is inflated, faces towards the steering wheel and a portion of the gasbag that faces away from the steering wheel.

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