Vehicle occupant restraint system
AssigneeZF Automotive Germany GmbH
InventorsNico Maier, Daniel Elija
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Abstract
The invention describes a vehicle occupant restraint system (10) comprising at least one vehicle seat (12) and at least one inflatable airbag (14) associated with the vehicle seat (12), wherein the airbag (14) is mounted above the associated vehicle seat (12), and wherein the airbag (14) when inflated has a base body (16) whose envelope is wedge-shaped in the vertical direction and which, when inflated, overlaps at least to a certain extent with the vehicle seat (12) in the vertical direction.
Claims20
A vehicle occupant restraint system comprising at least one vehicle seat and at least one inflatable airbag associated with the vehicle seat, wherein the airbag is mounted above the associated vehicle seat, and wherein the airbag when inflated has a base body whose envelope is wedge-shaped in the vertical direction and which, when inflated, overlaps at least to a certain extent with the vehicle seat in the vertical direction, and wherein the system further comprises a suspension configured to connect the base body to the vehicle roof and to allow the airbag to rotate relative to the vehicle.
A vehicle occupant restraint system comprising at least one vehicle seat and at least one inflatable airbag associated with the vehicle seat, wherein the at least one inflatable airbag comprises:
- an inflatable wedge-shaped base body is mounted above the associated vehicle seat, the base body being configured when inflated to overlap at least to a certain extent with the vehicle seat in the vertical direction;
- a first extension chamber connected to the base body on a side of the base body facing the associated vehicle seat, the first extension chamber being in fluid communication with the base body and being configured to deploy at the head and/or torso height of a vehicle occupant toward the associated vehicle seat;
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- a second extension chamber connected to the base body on a side of the base body facing away from the associated vehicle seat, the second extension chamber being configured to form a spacer from a vehicle structure or another airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.