Patent ID: 6663140
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A side impact protection device for a passenger of a vehicle, comprising:a housing, fastened in a side door of the vehicle, a gas generator held in the housing, an air bag which can be inflated by the gas generator, and a partition, providing a barrier effect for a gas flow emerging from the gas generator, provided within the air bag, said partition extending approximately parallel to a lower boundary edge of the airbag and including a main flow-through opening through which gas can flow, wherein the gas generator, connected with the air bag, extends along a longitudinal axis of the gas generator, and wherein the lower boundary edge of the air bag, in an unfolded mounted position, extends at an angle, which is not equal to zero, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gas generator so that, during inflation, the air bag is rotatable, as a result of a torque generated by gas flow against the partition, through the angle in relation to the longitudinal axis into an inflated operating position providing ideal protection for the passenger, with the lower boundary edge of the air bag situated substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of the gas generator.