Occupant protection device for motor vehicles
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsMaximilian Bossecker, Ulrich Karlbauer, Robert Getz, Benedikt Heudorfer
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Abstract
An occupant protection device for motor vehicles, having an unfoldable protection element which, when unfolded, forms a curtain for the protection of vehicle occupants, in particular in the head/chest region. A tensioning strap is provided which, when the protection element is unfolded, is tensioned between a first vehicle point and a second vehicle point and in the process forms an obstacle against which the unfolded protection element is supported by means of its outwardly directed rear side.
Claims30
An occupant side-impact protection device for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- at least one unfoldable protection element which, when unfolded, forms a curtain for protection of the head and chest region of the occupant;
- and
- a tensioning strap configured so that, when the protection element is unfolded, the strap is tensioned between a first point located toward a front portion of the protection element and a second point located toward a rear portion of the protection element, the first point being a fastening point and the second point being a deflection element and the strap forms an obstacle against which an outwardly directed rear side of the unfolded protection element is supported,
- wherein the tensioning strap is configured to form a continuous strap without forming branching arms.
An occupant side-impact protection device for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- at least one unfoldable protection element which, when unfolded, forms a curtain for protection of the head and chest region of the occupant, and a tensioning strap configured so that, when the protection element is unfolded, the strap is tensioned between a first vehicle point and a second vehicle point and forms an obstacle against which an outwardly directed rear side of the unfolded protection element is supported, and
- a return lock which prevents the tensioned strap from being released or relaxed.
An occupant side-impact protection device for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- at least one unfoldable protection element which, when unfolded, forms a curtain for protection of the head and chest region of the occupant, and a tensioning strap configured so that, when the protection element is unfolded, the strap is tensioned between a first vehicle point and a second vehicle point and forms an obstacle against which an outwardly directed rear side of the unfolded protection element is supported, and
- a release device for the manual release of the tensioning strap by a vehicle occupant.
An occupant side-impact protection device for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- at least one unfoldable protection element which, when unfolded, forms a curtain for protection of the head and chest region of the occupant;
- and
- a tensioning strap configured so that, when the protection element is unfolded, the strap is tensioned between a first point located toward a front portion of the protection element and a second point located toward a rear portion of the protection element and the strap forms an obstacle against which an outwardly directed rear side of the unfolded protection element is supported,
- wherein the tensioning strap is configured to form a continuous strap without forming branching arms, and
- wherein the tensioning strap is configured so that the tensioning of the tensioning strap is brought about by the protection element unfolding, the tensioning strap being connected to the protection element at at least one point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.