Patent ID: 6402191
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air-bag device which can be inflated as a protective wall in front of a vehicle side wall having vertical pillars, the air-bag device comprising: a plurality of air-bag chambers; and a gas generator operatively connected to the chambers so as to fill the chambers as a plurality of restraint cushions, the air-bag chambers being foldable in an inoperative state and movable from the inoperative state into a restraint position in which at least parts of the vehicle side wall are covered, at least one of the restraint cushions being configured as a gas distributor cushion which is a first of the plurality of restraint cushions to be subjected to a gas mass flow from the gas generator, the gas distributor cushion being configured to at least partially cover one of the vertical pillars in the restraint position, the gas distributor cushion having discharge openings through which portions of the gas mass flow from the gas generator can be supplied to the other of the restraint cushions, in the restraint position at least one upper filling channel is provided in a fixed position in a region of a lateral vehicle roof longitudinal member and at least one lower filling channel lies above a vehicle window parapet, the filling channels being connected to the discharge openings for filling the other restraint cushions.