Patent ID: 6913283
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag for protecting an occupant located in a front seat of a vehicle, the airbag comprising: a gas bag configured to be inflated in a head-on collision to protect the occupant, the gas bag including two gas bag sections that separate when the gas bag inflates to form a gap on a front side of the gas bag facing the occupant, the two gas bag sections being completely separated from each other on the front side of the inflated gas bag; and a sheet spanning the gap so that, in the case of an impact directed toward the front side of the gas bag, the occupant to be protected is intercepted by the sheets, wherein the gas bag is configured so that when the gas bag initially inflates, the two gas bag sections are separated by the gap, and when the gas bag further inflates, the two gas bag sections are in contact on at least one contact surface in the region of the gap, and so that on the contact surface contact forces occur which have the tendency to press the two gas bag sections apart.