Gas bag module
AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorMarkus Keutz
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Abstract
A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device has a gas generator for inflating a gas bag, a discharge opening formed in a rigid component of the gas bag module, through which discharge opening gas generated by the gas generator and directed into the gas bag can be discharged, and an active valve with a valve body, which in a closing position closes the discharge opening and in an opening position releases the discharge opening. Upon opening, the valve body moves in a direction towards an interior of the gas bag module. A protective device is provided which prevents a contact between the valve body and the gas bag upon opening.
Claims13
A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device, comprising
- a gas generator (12) for inflating a gas bag (14),
- a discharge opening (18) formed in a rigid component of said gas bag module (10), through which discharge opening (18) gas generated by said gas generator (12) and directed into said gas bag (14) can be discharged,
- an active valve with a valve body (20), which in a closing position closes said discharge opening (18) and in an opening position releases said discharge opening (18), said valve body (20) moving in a direction towards an interior (26) of said gas bag module (10) upon opening,
- and a protective device, which prevents a contact between said valve body (20) and said gas bag (14) upon opening.
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