Autoliv Development Ab

Stephan Schellbronn

Armin Kränzle

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.

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Tuntenhausen, Germany

Stephan Schellbronn