Vehicle occupant restraint system comprising a side gas bag module
AssigneeTRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAnton Fischer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising a side gas bag module which contains a gas bag folded into an elongated packet and having inner and outer sides when unfolded. The gas bag packet has an underside and a side face adjoining thereto and is surrounded by a flexible protective covering which has a predetermined tear line along the side face, so that the protective covering, on an unfolding of the gas bag, opens in a region of the side face of the gas bag packet and two sections of the protective covering, which are of differing length, extend along the inner and outer sides of the unfolded gas bag.
Claims8
A vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising a side gas bag module which contains a gas bag folded into an elongated packet and having inner and outer sides when unfolded, said gas bag packet having an underside and a side face adjoining thereto, and said gas bag packet being surrounded by a flexible protective covering which has a predetermined tear line along said side face, so that said protective covering, on an unfolding of said gas bag, opens in a region of said side face of said gas bag packet and two sections of said protective covering, which are of differing length, extend along said inner and outer sides of said unfolded gas bag.
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