| US 7,513,527 B2 | ||
| Airbag module | ||
| Thomas Lube, Berlin (Germany); Dirk Meissner, Berlin (Germany); Heiko Hofmann, Berlin (Germany); and Andreas Winkler, Berlin (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Takata-Petri AG, Aschaffenburg (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 10, 2007, as Appl. No. 12/195. | ||
| Application 12/000195 is a continuation of application No. PCT/DE2006/001005, filed on Jun. 07, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0150264 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—736 [280/731; 280/740; 280/741; 280/742] | 39 Claims |
| 1. An airbag module for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an airbag which can be inflated with gas through an injection orifice of the airbag in order to protect an occupant;
a gas generator for generating gas for inflating the airbag, wherein the generator is configured so that the gas emerges from
at least one gas outlet orifice of the gas generator and passes through the injection orifice into the airbag;
wherein the airbag module has a first outflow orifice on a chamber surrounding the gas generator, wherein an element is assigned
to the first outflow orifice, the element being movable at least between two different positions and as a result of whose
movement between the two positions the first outflow orifice is connectable in a gas-conducting manner to the gas outlet orifice
of the gas generator so that the gas flowing out through the gas outlet orifice is conducted at least partially into an outside
space;
wherein the airbag has a second outflow orifice which is arranged, in an inflated state of the airbag, in an inside space
of the airbag module so that gas emerging from the second outflow orifice passes through an openable region into the outside
space;
and wherein the airbag has a third outflow orifice which, with an airbag deployed, is arranged in the outside space of the
airbag module for the discharge of gas.
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