Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft

Klaus Oehm

Ulrich Seiffert

Burckhard Struwe

Ernst Fiala

Wilfried Schwanz

Andreas Bauer

Ruediger Weissner

A gas bag safety device is mounted to the spokes of a vehicle steering wheel and has storage compartments extending from the steering wheel in the direction of the steering column for holding a folded gas bag. A gas generator for inflating the gas bag is located on the hub of the steering wheel.

Gas bag safety device for flat steering wheel

A safety device for a passenger in an automobile comprises a shoulder safety belt extending diagonally across the passenger's body and an energy absorbing impact element located on the vehicle frame adjacent the passenger's knees. The impact element includes two M-shaped sheet metal members arranged one above the other and symmetrical about a plane passing between the members. The legs of each M-shaped member afford two parallel, spaced-apart plates and one face of one of the plates is presented to the passenger's knees. The portion of each M-shaped member intermediate the legs affords a plastically deformable connection between the plates.

Vehicle safety device

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Wolfsburg, Germany

Klaus Oehm