Collision-protection device for vehicle passengers

Details Collision-protection device for vehicle passengers Collision-protection device for vehicle passengers

1993-07-16

1996-07-23

Tyson, Karin L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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B60R 2130

Patent

active

055382797

ABSTRACT:
Collision-protection devices for vehicle passengers, are disclosed which include a gas cushion which is connected to a gas generator and inflates under sensor control in the event of an accident and hence protects the body of a vehicle passenger from a collision causing injury, e.g., against the instrument panel or windscreen. The gas cushion has, in this instance, one or more escape openings. According to the invention, the escape opening points towards an open cover flap when the gas cushion is inflated, which cover flap, in the closed state, covers the folded-up gas cushion. Only once a predetermined pressure has been exceeded does the cover flap free the escape opening to enable gas to be discharged in an escape flow distributed over an area of the gas cushion surface.

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