Autoliv Development Ab

Armin Kränzle

Marc Schock

Roland Peiz

Alexander Gulde

Jens Hoffmann

Marcin Wiaderny

Peter Gerisch

Michael Burger

Reinhard Böswirth

Stefan Taubert

Stephan Schellbronn

Anna Gawlowska

Michal Skibinski

Marek Sofinski

An airbag unit with an airbag () encloses a gas compartment, an inflator, and a housing () containing the folded airbag. A holding device () having a first and a second section () is provided, the first section () is connected to the housing (), and the second section () can be detached from, the first section () upon an electrical signal. The holding device detachably fastens a tensioning element, whose first end is connected to the airbag, and its second end is connected to the housing () via the holding device () when the first and second sections (or) are connected. The holding device second section () is arranged inside the gas compartment, and a hole () is provided in the airbag (), through which an ignition cable plug socket, an ignition lead () or the holding device first section () protrudes.

Airbag unit comprising a holding device for a tension element

A front passenger airbag () is described for arrangement in the instrument panel () of a motor vehicle. It has an airbag envelope () having an impact area () and lateral surfaces extending from the impact area (). In order to use small gas generators and to reduce the danger for a passenger in a non-standard seating position, the impact area () is nearly exclusively allocated to the front passenger's (I) head or head and shoulder area, the impact area () having a concave shape when the airbag envelope () is fully expanded and free of external forces, such that a left and right section of the impact area () respectively extend farther into the interior of the motor vehicle than a central section.

Passenger front airbag

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Diessen, Germany

Armin Kränzle