Front airbag
AssigneeZF Automotive Germany GmbH
InventorChristian Fischer
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Abstract
A front airbag (10) includes an inflatable chamber (18) having a baffle surface (16) provided to cushion an occupant (14) to be restrained, wherein a tether (28) extending inside the inflatable chamber (18) is provided which, when the front airbag (10) is mounted on the vehicle and is inflated, extends obliquely with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction (L) and which is fastened with a first longitudinal end (34) to a single baffle surface-side fastening point (30) at the baffle surface (16).
Claims9
A front airbag for a vehicle, comprising an inflatable chamber and including a flexible airbag fabric forming a wall with a portion comprising a baffle surface provided to cushion an occupant to be restrained, the front airbag comprising opposing lateral walls that define lateral bounds of the front airbag, with the baffle surface extending across the width of the front airbag from one of the lateral walls to the other of the lateral walls, wherein a single tether extending inside the inflatable chamber is provided which, when the front airbag is mounted on the vehicle and is inflated, extends obliquely with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction and has a first longitudinal end fastened to the baffle surface at a first fastening point that is located, when the front airbag is mounted on the vehicle and is inflated, in a central area of the baffle surface relating to a vehicle transverse direction and centrally between the lateral walls, wherein a second longitudinal end of the tether is fastened to one of the lateral walls at a second fastening point and is free from connections to the other of the lateral walls, and wherein a width dimension of the tether extending along a vehicle vertical direction is configured to be larger than a height of an average occupant's head and larger than 20 cm so that the tether, when tensioned due to inflation of the front airbag, forms a trough that extends along the first fastening point vertically in the baffle surface with a height corresponding to the width dimension of the tether, wherein the airbag is free from additional tethers connected to the baffle surface.
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