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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Stefan Reh, Worth, DE;
Norbert Muller, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Ulrich Tachaschke, Ehningen, DE;
Bernhard Holzapfel, Remshalden, DE;
Daimler-Chrysler Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A gas bag for a side airbag module which is inflatable by means of a filling device and which consists of at least two chambers in communication with each other. A check strip is provided as a wall between the two respective chambers. The check strip is attached by its edges to opposite surfaces of the gas bag. The ends of the strip do not extend to the periphery of the gas bag allowing the chambers to communicate with each other and thereby allowing gas to pass from one chamber to the other. When the gas bag is inflated, the check strip has a path running at least partially deviating from a straight line. The edges of the strip may also run in different directions. As a result, the gas bag may be simply subdivided into chambers of different size and shape. Consequently, the shape of the inflated gas bag is influenced.