Patent ID: 6702322
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A restraint device for an occupant in a vehicle having a steering wheel, a dashboard, an A-pillar and a windshield extending in a first direction obliquely upwardly from said dashboard, and a footwell defined by a lower end of said dashboard and a vehicle floor, said device comprising:a first inflatable gas bag for, when inflated, protecting the thorax area of a vehicle occupant, and a second inflatable gas bag, separate from said first gas bag, and inflating through an opening different from an opening through which said first gas bag inflates along said windshield in a direction towards said dashboard, said second gas bag having a front wall and a rear wall opposite said front wall, said second gas bag inflating in an elongated shape in a side view and extending over more than a half of the height of said windshield of the vehicle and parallel to said windshield with said front wall facing and contacting said windshield, said second gas bag, when inflated being supported at said windshield, said second gas bag, when inflated, having a first dimension extending in said first direction, said first dimension being greater than a second dimension of said second gas bag extending in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction and perpendicular to an outer surface of said windshield, said first gas bag, when inflated, resting against said rear wall of said second gas bag and being supported and maintained in position by a portion of said front wall of said second gas bag resting on said windshield, said portion of said front wall lying opposite to said portion of said rear wall contacting said first gas bag, said first gas bag, when inflated, being spaced apart from said windshield.