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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl-Heinz Sommer, Stockdorf, DE;
Georg Reichthalhammer, Freutsmoos, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aschau Inn, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ; B60R 2/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ; B60R 2/118 ;
Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint system is provided which includes a gas bag transposable from a space-saving, folded resting condition into a deployed condition. A restraint means is provided which is capable of decelerating at least part of the wall of the gas bag in a controlled manner. The restraint means contains at least one coiling device. At least one catch strap is arranged in the interior of the gas bag and influences the shape of the gas bag in the deployed condition. The catch strap is at least in part accommodated on the restraint means when the gas bag is in the resting condition.