Patent ID: 6976705
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A passenger safety device for a vehicle comprising: an airbag stored in an at least partially rolled up condition in an area of a roof rail of the vehicle, wherein the airbag is configured to inflate in the case of an accident by a gas generator of the passenger safety device so that the airbag deploys in the area between the head of the passenger and a lateral wall of the vehicle and protects the head of the passenger against colliding with the lateral wall, wherein at least a portion of the airbag is rolled up in a prescribed winding direction to form an airbag roll arranged so that the side of the airbag configured to face the passenger after deployment of the airbag faces outward in the roll and the side of the airbag configured to face the lateral wall after deployment of the airbag faces inward in the roll, and wherein the winding direction of the airbag in the airbag roll is reversed at least once to thereby form of an inner first airbag roll which is rolled up in an outer second airbag roll of the opposite rolling direction.