Dalphi Metal Espana S.a.

Óscar Ugarte Alba

Azucena Perez Garcia

Luis Jose Duarte De Arez

Pedro José Santín Navarro

Maria Crespo Vizán

Luis José Duarte De Arez

Azucena PÉREZ Garcia

The disclosure relates to a vehicle occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising a central airbag installed in the area of a vehicle roof liner between two vehicle seats. At least one holding arrangement is fastened by a first end to the airbag and by a second end to a vehicle structure such that the holding arrangement retains the airbag in an inflated state in a holding position in which the airbag can laterally support a vehicle occupant.

Vehicle occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

In a vehicle occupant protection system, a first tether is permanently fastened to a front panel of the airbag and is detachably fixed to an actuator unit on the module side. A second tether is arranged on the module side and is connected to the first tether, wherein in an extension of the second tether there is provided a decoupling arrangement which is located between the second tether and the first tether only when the actuator unit is activated.

Vehicle occupant protection system and method for protecting a vehicle occupant

The invention relates to an airbag module () for a vehicle occupant restraint system (), comprising an airbag (), an inflator (), a shaping tether () for influencing the airbag deployment geometry which is connected to the airbag () at one tether end, and comprising a port release tether () which is connected to a discharge port closure () of the airbag () at one tether end, wherein the port release tether () is connected to the discharge port closure () so that it releases a discharge port () of the airbag () from a predetermined tensile tether force, and wherein an activatable tether release device () coupled both to the shaping tether () and to the port release tether () is provided for actively releasing the tethers (). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating a vehicle occupant restraint system () comprising said airbag module (), wherein airbag deployment takes place in response to predetermined basic conditions, such as in response to the weight of a vehicle occupant () and/or of a driving mode for manual or automated and, resp., autonomous driving.

Airbag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system, and method for operating a vehicle occupant restraint system comprising such an airbag module

The invention relates to a side impact protection device comprising a side curtain airbag (), wherein the side curtain airbag () includes a cushion area () extending along the side window () and at least partially covering the latter in the inflated state, comprising an upper securing edge () by which the cushion area () is secured to the lateral roof rail (), and comprising a holding area () in the inflated state extending away from the side window () and from the cushion area () which constitutes the inner end of the side curtain airbag () and which is secured by its upper edge () to the vehicle roof () spaced apart from the lateral roof rail ().

Side impact protection device

The present invention relates to a thorax occupant protection device () comprising a side airbag (), especially for being mounted in a door or the seat of an automotive vehicle, which in the inflated and mounted state of the side airbag () at its upper end includes at least one occupant-side inflatable inner wing () for shifting the occupant's adjacent arm forward and at least one door-side inflatable outer wing () for protecting the thorax, wherein the inner and outer wings () in the inflated state are juxtaposed at least in portions and are separated from each other by an indentation () of the airbag wall () extending from the upper end in the downward direction. The present invention further relates to a method of protecting the thorax of a vehicle occupant in the event of a side impact.

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Valladolid, Spain

Óscar Ugarte Alba