Patent ID: 6129375
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Device for protecting a vehicle occupant in the event of side impact by using an inflatable airbag, the device comprising:a rigid movable trim part of a vehicle door or coachwork trim, behind which the airbag is mounted,wherein the movable trim part can be moved by the inflating airbag towards the vehicle occupant being protected, andwherein the movable trim part, during inflation and after inflation of the airbag, remains between the airbag and the vehicle occupant,wherein the movable trim part comprises several sections which are connected together for articulated movement, which can be brought from a rest position, protruding inwardly in the direction of the airbag, through the inflating of the airbag into an opposite position facing the vehicle occupant who is to be protected, wherein the several sections are sufficiently rigid in the rest position to hold the movable trim part in the rest position until inflation of the airbag.