Patent ID: 6106004
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A side impact protection device for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:an air bag which is divided into two chambers situated above one another,an interior partition by which the air bag is divided into said two chambers, a lower of said chambers communicating with a gas generator, at least a portion of said partition being approximately horizontally aligned in an inflated condition,said partition defining a primary opening communicating said two chambers, said primary opening being situated outside of a radiation area of the gas generator,at least one of said air bag and said partition defining a first secondary opening communicating said two chambers, said first secondary opening being spaced from said primary opening and acting as a pressure relief valve during inflation of the lower chamber of the air bag,said partition, at an end thereof opposite the primary opening, ending in front of a circumferential seam of the air bag to define a second secondary opening.