Patent ID: 6394488
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Airbag apparatus for motor vehicles comprising:a gas generator and a gas filling tube which is connected thereto, the filling tube being provided along its length, at predetermined distances, with pairs of gas outflow openings, wherein the filling tube is connected to an inflatable gas bag which includes individual cells, wherein each of the cells is associated with a pair of the gas outflow openings, and wherein the gas outflow openings are formed by incisions in the wall of the gas filling tube; and indentations in the tube wall on one side of the incisions and extending at an angle to the tube axis, each indentation corresponding to one of the incisions, wherein each of the incisions provided at a small distance transversely to the tube axis, wherein for each pair of incisions forming each of the pairs of outflow openings, the indentations lie on the sides of the incisions which face away from one another, and wherein the tube between the gas outflow openings is undeformed, wherein the incisions have an angle of more than 0Â° to less than 30Â° relative to the tube axis, and wherein the gas generator is arranged at an end of the gas filling tube in the direction towards which the limbs of the angle between the incisions diverge.