Patent ID: 6347807
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Protecting arrangement for the head and shoulder region of vehicle occupants in the event of a side impact or an oblique impact comprising:a side air bag which can be inflated by a gas generator and which, in the folded condition, is stowed in a lateral roof edge area of a vehicle body, and which in the inflated condition, forms a cushion-shaped lateral impact protection device, connection elements operable to anchor lower parts of the side air bag to columns of the vehicle body when the air bag is in the inflated condition, wherein said connection elements include a first connection element having one end fixed to a lower part of the air bag and an opposite end fixed to one of the columns, and wherein said first connection element is flexible and is guided by way of a first stationary deflection member provided in the lateral roof edge area as well as around at least one second deflection member provided on a lower part of the side air bag, which second deflection member is situated between the ends of the first connection element.