Patent ID: 8196955
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle, the module comprising: an airbag including an inflatable portion; an inflator for providing inflation gas for inflating the inflatable portion of the airbag; wherein the airbag includes a non-inflatable portion located within the inflatable portion so that in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle the non-inflatable portion is bounded on both sides by the inflatable portion of the airbag; wherein the non-inflatable portion extends an entire cross vehicle width of the airbag; wherein the airbag is configured to inflate into a position so that a surface of the airbag faces the occupant; and wherein the stiffness of the inflatable portion varies along the surface facing the occupant based on a changing distance from the surface to the non-inflatable portion.