Patent ID: 6022043
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An airbag device installed in an instrument panel below a flap on the passenger side of a motor vehicle having a vehicle frame, the airbag device having a gas generator for a filling gas, a gas conduit, and a gas cushion arranged in a holding compartment which, when filled with the filling gas, the gas cushion unfolds into the vehicle interior on the passenger side through an opening in the instrument panel which, in the state of rest, is covered by the flap, the holding compartment being fitted on its inside with a trough-shaped reinforcing surface which is connected to the gas cushion in a gas-tight manner wherein at least one of a compressive and a tensile force acting during the unfolding process can be absorbed by the reinforcing trough and can be transmitted by way of at least one of a reinforcing semi-shell and the gas conduit to the vehicle body, the gas cushion being attached to the instrument panel, the gas generator being attached to the vehicle frame, and both the gas cushion and the gas generator being in communication with one another by means of the gas conduit, the gas conduit being flexibly attached to the gas generator permitting movement of the conduit while the gas generator remains stationary, and the gas conduit being attached to the gas cushion such that the gas conduit is free to move while the instrument panel remains stationary.