Motor vehicle having an occupant protection device
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorRolf-Werner Schettler-Kohler
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Abstract
To prevent occupants seated side by side from impacting each other in an accident, an air bag is arranged between the seating locations and below the seating surface so that it will expand upwardly upon actuation.
Claims4
In a motor vehicle having occupant seat locations adjacent to each other, a protection device for occupants of adjacent seat locations comprising an air bag stored between the adjacent seat locations and disposed entirely below the seating level of the seat locations and arranged to expand upwardly from below the seating level of the seat locations to extend between occupants of the seat locations upon inflation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.