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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1972
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helmut Wulf, Nellingen, DT;
Gerhard Schiesterl, Etting, DT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2801 / ; 280 / ;
Abstract
A gas cushion for the protection of the passengers of vehicles, especially of motor vehicles, which is automatically inflatable upon exceeding a predetermined deceleration of the vehicle by means of a gas generator; the gas cushion is accommodated in a hollow space, for example, of the steering wheel or of the instrument panel opposite the passengers whereby the hollow space is closed off by a cover which is adapted to be pushed out when the gas cushion is set into operation; means are thereby provided which open the cover independently of the inflating gas cushion as a function of the response of a sensor serving to set the gas generator into operation.