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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Heinz Eyrainer, Waldstetten, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807302 ; 2807431 ; 2807432 ;
Abstract
A gas bag lateral impact protective device for vehicle occupants is provided. The gas bag lateral impact protective device is integrated in a vehicle door and includes a compressed gas source and a head protecting gas bag which is to be inflated by the compressed gas source and which deploys on inflation in a space to the side of the vehicle door. The head protecting gas bag is connected with the vehicle door by a peripheral portion of an inflation opening and in addition by an attachment part which, with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, is spaced from the inflation opening.