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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas Reiter, Dachau, DE;
Karl Heinz Sommer, Stockdorf, DE;
Jörg Albert, Germering, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An airbag module in a motor vehicle having a modular casing installed behind at least one opening flap built into the instrument panel is characterized in that the disk-shaped gas generator, including the modular casing surrounding it, is arranged on-edge at an angle to the plane of the instrument panel, its narrow side being defined by the gas-discharge openings arranged on its perimeter, and the folded airbag is arranged at least partially between the narrow side of the gas generator and the opening flap.