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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Benedikt Heudorfer, Nersingen, DE;
Stefan Schäfer, Erbach, DE;
Holger Rist, Dornstadt, DE;
Michael Kraft, Ulm, DE;
Christian Weyrich, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Benedikt Heudorfer, Nersingen, DE;
Stefan Schäfer, Erbach, DE;
Holger Rist, Dornstadt, DE;
Michael Kraft, Ulm, DE;
Christian Weyrich, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Takata-Petri AG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Abstract
A side airbag device for a vehicle includes an airbag which is deployed in the event of an accident and, in the deployed state, covers a side wall section of the vehicle. In order for the airbag to reliably deploy, provision is made according to embodiments of the invention for the side airbag device to have a deployment control mechanism which deflect the airbag during its deployment around an obstacle situated in a region of a side wall section.