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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;

Inventors:

Dominique Acker, Gschwend, DE;

Kathrin Weinhardt, Mutlangen, DE;

Jürgen Scherr, Waldstetten, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/231 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23161 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention describes a center airbag () of a vehicle occupant restraint system () which is provided to be mounted on and/or in a vehicle seat () on a side facing another vehicle seat (), comprising an inner fabric layer () and an outer fabric layer (), wherein the inner fabric layer () is connected to the outer fabric layer () at least at the edge, wherein the center airbag () includes a thorax area (), a shoulder area () and a head area (), wherein, in a deployed and filled state, the thorax area () is arranged in a lower portion of the center airbag (), specifically in the lower third, and includes a chamber area () having a higher thickness (d) than a thickness (d) in the shoulder area (), wherein the chamber area () in the deployed and filled state of the center airbag () is interposed between a vehicle structure, specifically the center console (), and a vehicle occupant ().


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