Patent ID: 8632094
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraining system, comprising: a first inflatable area; a second inflatable area; and a shoulder area arranged between the first inflatable area and the second inflatable area, wherein the shoulder area extends in an inflated status of the airbag in an area of a shoulder, an area of an upper arm region, or a combination thereof of a vehicle occupant to be protected and has a thickness lower than thicknesses of the first inflatable area and the second inflatable area as determined in a direction vertical to a main plane of extension of the inflated airbag, wherein the airbag is configured to be arranged in a vehicle such that, in case of a side-collision of the vehicle, the shoulder, the upper arm region, or the combination thereof of the vehicle occupant strikes the shoulder area on the airbag, wherein the airbag is designed such that, in case the vehicle occupant strikes the airbag, a linking between the shoulder area and the shoulder, the upper arm region, or the combination thereof of the vehicle occupant occurs so that a movement of the airbag in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle effects a movement of the vehicle occupant or a movement of the vehicle occupant in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle effects the movement of the airbag, wherein the linking occurs such that, in case the shoulder, the upper arm region, or the combination thereof of the vehicle occupant strikes the shoulder area of the airbag, the first inflatable area and the second inflatable area are moved towards the shoulder, the upper arm region, or the combination thereof of the vehicle occupant such that a force is exerted onto the shoulder, the upper arm region, or the combination thereof which counteracts a further movement of the vehicle occupant relative to the airbag, wherein the shoulder area has a fabric layer, wherein the fabric layer is fixed with a first section to an outer side of the first inflatable area of the airbag and with a second section to an outer side of the second inflatable area of the airbag, and wherein an inner surface of the first section of the fabric layer faces the outer side of the first inflatable area and an inner surface of the second section of the fabric layer faces the outer side of the second inflatable area.