Patent ID: 7204510
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant restraint system located in a rear passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, comprising a side airbag module which comprises a gas bag and a gas generator and which is arranged next to a side of a rear seat that faces a side body of the motor vehicle so as to deploy in a direction of vehicle travel, a cover being provided in front of the side airbag module in the direction of vehicle travel and joined thereto by a seam, wherein the cover includes elastically deformable material and is an integral component of an arm support arranged in the region of the side body, the elastically deformable material being arranged to absorb energy initially released upon deployment of the side airbag module gas bag and to be interposed between a vehicle passenger and the deployed gas bag without destruction of the seam such that the cover can be folded away thereafter.