US5354095A
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Occupant restraint system having an airbag
Assignee: Mercedes Benz Group AG
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Filing: 1993-09-07
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Granted: 1994-10-11
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Expires: 2013-09-07
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to an occupant restraint system having an air bag which is automatically inflated by means of a gas generator in the event of an accident and, during this process, emerges from a housing or the like whilst opening a padded flap which normally closes the housing or the like. In this case, an intended tearing point arranged at the edge of the flap remote from the pivot axis is undone, which intended tearing point is shielded by a thick pad swelling from contact by the occupant to be protected.
Inventors
- 👤 Manfred Muller
- 👤 Luigi Brambilla
- 👤 Wolfgang Henseler
- 👤 Guido Wetzel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 09:45
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/20; B60R21/215; B60R21/2165; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
Occupant restraint system having an air bag which is automatically inflated by means of a gas generator in the event of an accident and, during this process, emerges from a housing or accommodation compartment, whilst opening a padded flap which normally closes the housing or the accommodation compartment, an intended tearing point, arranged at the edge of the flap remote from the pivot axis, being undone, which intended tearing point connects the flap in the normal closed position to one of a stationary part and to an edge of a further padded flap remote from the pivot axis and is arranged offset towards the inside of the flap next to a pad swelling forming the edge of the flap remote from the pivot axis with a large cross-section in the direction of the thickness of the flap, said pad swelling being elastically prestressed against one of the pad swelling of the other flap and the stationary part in such a way that, when the flap is opened, the pad swelling projects beyond the intended tearing point radially relative to the pivot axis of the flap.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
Occupant restraint system having an air bag which is automatically inflated by means of a gas generator in the event of an accident and, during this process, emerges from a housing or accommodation compartment, whilst opening a padded flap which normally closes the housing or the accommodation compartment, an intended tearing point, arranged at the edge of the flap remote from the pivot axis, being undone, which intended tearing point connects the flap in the normal closed position to one of a stationary part and to an edge of a further padded flap remote from the pivot axis and is arranged offset towards the inside of the flap next to a pad swelling forming the edge of the flap remote from the pivot axis with a large cross-section in the direction of the thickness of the flap, said pad swelling being elastically prestressed against one of the pad swelling of the other flap and the stationary part in such a way that, when the flap is opened, the pad swelling projects beyond the intended tearing point radially relative to the pivot axis of the flap.
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