Seat-mounted occupant restraint system
AssigneeZf Passive Safety Systems US Inc.
InventorSwagat Goswami
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Abstract
A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with a seat for the occupant includes an airbag having a stored condition within a base of the vehicle seat and being inflatable to deploy upwards in the cabin and between legs of the occupant to a deployed condition in front of the occupant. The airbag including a lower end having a pair of projections spaced apart in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle. The airbag being configured to utilize the vehicle seat as a reaction surface for restraining the movement of the airbag in response to occupant penetration into the airbag.
Claims23
A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with a seat for the occupant, comprising:
- an airbag having a stored condition within a base of the vehicle seat and being inflatable to deploy upwards in the cabin and between legs of the occupant to a deployed condition in front of the occupant, the airbag including a lower end having first and second projections spaced apart in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, the airbag being configured to utilize the vehicle seat as a reaction surface for restraining the movement of the airbag in response to occupant penetration into the airbag.
A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with a seat for the occupant, comprising:
- an airbag having a stored condition within a base of the vehicle seat and being inflatable to deploy upwards in the cabin and between legs of the occupant to a deployed condition in front of the occupant, the airbag including a lower end having first and second projections spaced apart by an uninflated volume in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, the first projection being configured to extend around the occupant's legs and hips into engagement with the seat base, the airbag being configured to utilize the vehicle seat and the occupant as reaction surfaces for restraining the movement of the airbag in response to occupant penetration into the airbag.
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