Patent ID: 8931801
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one first and one second layer of an airbag material; at least one inflatable chamber formed between the first and the second layer, which is inflatable for the protection of a vehicle occupant; a first seam, by which the first and the second layer are connected with each other along at least a portion of their respective circumference; and a second seam, by which two layers of the airbag are connected with each other along their respective circumference, wherein the first and second layer are directly connected to one another via the first seam and via the second seam, wherein the airbag is deployed between a vehicle occupant and a vehicle side structure, and wherein the airbag is a seat airbag or a door airbag formed such that when the airbag is mounted in the vehicle and inflated, the first seam extends along a first plane which is oriented obliquely or transversely to a plane formed by the longitudinal and the height direction of the vehicle, and the second seam extends along a second plane, wherein the second plane extends obliquely or transversely to the first plane, and the first and second seams do not extend in a common plane, wherein the first seam extends in an upper region of the airbag and the second seam extends in a lower region of the airbag or the first seam extends in a lower region of the airbag and the second seam extends in an upper region of the airbag, and the first seam is the only peripheral seam of the region in which it extends.