Air bag arrangement and triggering process therefor

Abstract

The invention relates to an air bag arrangement in a vehicle, having a gas bag device which can be inflated with a propellant by a gas generator 4 as the result of the triggering by a sensor and which, during the inflating, can be advanced into the occupant compartment of the vehicle, a covering device 10 being provided which is driven by a component 5; 5' of the air bag arrangement set in motion after the triggering by a sensor and which opens up an outlet opening 7 for a gas bag 8 and which moves essentially inside an outer contour 15 of the air bag arrangement or of a vehicle part containing the air bag arrangement. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for triggering an air bag arrangement, for example, in a vehicle, characterized in that, as the result of the triggering by a sensor, first a covering device is driven by a component 5' of he air bag arrangement set in motion after the triggering by a sensor, for opening up an outlet opening 7 for a gas bag 8, so that this covering device moves essentially within an outer contour 15 of the air bag arrangement or of a vehicle part containing the air bag arrangement, and then a gas bag device is inflated with propellant by a gas generator 4 for the advancing into an occupant compartment of the vehicle.

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