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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Joerg Henkel, Goeppingen, DE;
Manfred Mueller, Deizisau, DE;
Harald Rudolf, Tuebingen, DE;
H-Dieter Wiesner, Schwaebisch Gmuend, DE;
Wolfgang Disam, Durlangen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Abstract
An airbag device for motor vehicles has a housing in which an airbag expandable through a housing opening is located. The housing opening is covered by a flexible protective cover in the resting state of the airbag. The cover is provided with at least one tearing location. The cover flanks the airbag on all sides over at least a portion of its expansion path during expansion. The protective cover is provided with at least two tearing locations offset with respect to one another in the expansion direction such that the protective cover tears open in stages during the expansion of the airbag.