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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dominique Acker, Alfdorf, DE;
Jürgen Hirth, Gschwend, DE;
Stein Helge Mundal, Mutlangen, DE;
Hendrik Oheim, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Alfdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ;
Abstract
A gas bag side impact protection device for vehicle occupants comprises a compressed gas source and an inflatable gas bag. The gas bag has a first chamber inflatable at the side of the thorax of an occupant and a second inflatable chamber. The second chamber is inflatable at the side of the pelvis of the occupant and the chambers are able to be filled by the compressed gas source in such a way that they have different internal pressures in the filled state.