Airbag module
AssigneeZF Automotive Germany GmbH
InventorsMartin Seitz, Rolan Goller, Kathrin Weinhardt
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Abstract
An airbag module includes an airbag (12) and an elongated inflator (14) protruding, with the exception of an igniter section (44), into a holding area (27) in an interior of the airbag (12). The inflator (14) extends through a first opening (28) in an outer wall (16) of the airbag (12) which forms the only insertion opening for the inflator (14).
Claims12
An airbag module comprising an airbag and an elongated inflator protruding, with the exception of an igniter section, into a holding area in an interior of the airbag, wherein the inflator extends through a first opening in an outer wall of the airbag which forms the only insertion opening for the inflator, wherein the inflator includes at least one laterally projecting mounting bolt and the first opening is large enough that the inflator including the mounting bolt can be inserted through the first opening into the interior of the airbag, or the outer wall in the area of the first opening comprises plural superimposed fabric layers and, starting from the first opening, two slits are arranged, wherein a first one of the slits, starting from the outermost fabric layer of the airbag, passes through at least one, but not all fabric layers, and a second one of the slits passes through the remaining fabric layers, but not through the fabric layers severed by the first slit.
An airbag module comprising an airbag and an elongated inflator protruding, with the exception of an igniter section, into a holding area in an interior of the airbag, wherein the inflator extends through a first opening in an outer wall of the airbag which forms the only insertion opening for the inflator, wherein the holding area includes at least one inner fabric layer having a second opening through which an outflow end of the inflator is slid, and wherein the inner fabric layer includes a guide structure for the outflow end.
An airbag module comprising an airbag and an elongated inflator protruding, with the exception of an igniter section, into a holding area in an interior of the airbag, wherein the inflator extends through a first opening in an outer wall of the airbag which forms the only insertion opening for the inflator, wherein the holding area includes at least one inner fabric layer having a second opening through which an outflow end of the inflator is slid, and wherein the inner fabric layer is connected, in the area of free lateral edges, to a guide passage which at one end includes the second opening and in the area of the first opening is connected to the outer wall, or wherein the inner fabric layer is connected to the outer wall via a seam and the second opening is arranged on the surface of the inner fabric layer.
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