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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guido Satzger, München, DE;
Alois Juchem, Petershausen, DE;
Sven Rau, München, DE;
Peter Tiefenthaler, München, DE;
Assignee:
Autoliv Development AB, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ; B60R 2/126 ; B60R 2/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/116 ; B60R 2/126 ; B60R 2/128 ;
Abstract
An occupant impact protection system with an airbag that inflates when triggered whereby the protective effect of the inflated airbag is to be maintained beyond its service life. For this purpose it is provided that the airbag be foamable by means of particles introduced therein that are made of plastic that foam when activated and that are activated together with the introduction of the gas produced by the gas generator and a solid structure is formed for impact protection after the plastic foam hardens.