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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2019
Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Gerd Zischka, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE;
ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Aldorf, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
An airbag control device for controlling the volume of an airbag () of a restraining means, comprising an inflator () for inflating the airbag () and an electrically controllable decoupling device () for tension means via which the geometry of the airbag () can be varied, is characterized in that the inflator () and the decoupling device () are fluid-communicated and the decoupling device () includes at least one outlet opening () the cross-section of which is variable by an electrically controllable actuator () and through which gas can escape from the inflator () to the atmosphere. Moreover, the invention describes an airbag unit.