Gas flow distributor for a lateral airbag module
AssigneeTAKATA-PETRI (Ulm) GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Siegel, Alexander Aulbach, Rainer Heuschmid, Hans-Peter Sendelbach, Christian Weyrich
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Abstract
The invention relates to a gas flow distributor for a lateral airbag module. Said distributor is used to distribute a gas ON flow leaving a gas generator by the outflow openings thereof, in a targeted manner, in a gas bag which is to be inflated by the gas generator. According to the invention, the gas flow distributor is formed by a dimensionally stable receiving element (1) surrounding the gas generator, at least in the region of the outflow openings.
Claims43
1-40. (Canceled)
A gas flow distributor for a lateral airbag module, comprising:
- a holder configured to surround outflow openings of a gas generator,
- wherein the holder includes an impact element and a gas-guiding duct,
- wherein the gas-guiding duct is configured to guide gas flowing between the impact element and the gas generator,
- wherein the impact element is configured so that a gas flow emerging from the outflow openings of the gas generator impacts against the impact element and is thereby deflected and divided into a first gas flow and a second gas flow,
- wherein the first gas flow is deflected in a first direction along a circumferential surface of the gas flow distributor toward a first gas outlet region and the second gas flow is deflected in a second direction along the circumferential surface of the gas flow distributor toward a second gas outlet region,
- wherein the first and second gas flows emerge from the gas outlet regions along a tube axis of the gas generator, and
- wherein the first and second gas outlet regions are opposite one another.
A lateral airbag module, comprising:
- a gas generator for inflating a gas bag;
- and
- a gas flow distributor including a holder configured to surround outflow openings of the gas generator,
- wherein the holder includes an impact element and a gas-guiding duct,
- wherein the gas-guiding duct is configured to guide gas flowing between the impact element and the gas generator,
- wherein the impact element is configured so that a gas flow emerging from the outflow openings of the gas generator impacts against the impact element and is thereby deflected and divided into a first gas flow and a second gas flow,
- wherein the first gas flow is deflected in a first direction along a circumferential surface of the gas flow distributor toward a first gas outlet region and the second gas flow is deflected in a second direction along the circumferential surface of the gas flow distributor toward a second gas outlet region,
- wherein the first and second gas flows emerge from the gas outlet regions along a tube axis of the gas generator, and
- wherein the first and second gas outlet regions are opposite one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.