Patent ID: 11878648
Assignee: DALPHI METAL ESPANA S.A.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising a central airbag installed in the area of a vehicle roof liner between two vehicle seats, wherein at least one holding arrangement is fastened by a first end to the airbag and by a second end to a vehicle structure such that the holding arrangement retains the airbag in an inflated state in a holding position in which the airbag can laterally support a vehicle occupant; wherein the airbag has two compartments which have different thicknesses in the inflated state, and wherein the airbag further includes a tensioning strap extending between a front end and a rear end of the airbag in a longitudinal vehicle direction and by its ends is fastened to the airbag, with a length of the tensioning strap being shorter than a length of the airbag in a longitudinal vehicle direction so that deployment of the airbag is restricted by the tension strap such that the two compartments of the airbag in the inflated state is U-shaped or V-shaped in a top view.