Patent ID: 6572140
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A device for regulating the amount of inflation gas supplied to an airbag of a motor vehicle comprising a cylindrical member having at least one inflation aperture therethrough, an annular shutter having at least one shutter aperture therein, and at least one energy store that can be activated to adjust the annular shutter, wherein the annular shutter is rotatable around an axis of the cylindrical member such that the amount of inflation gas which is supplied via the at least one inflation aperture is adjustable, the at least one shutter aperture has an aperture cross section that corresponds to the aperture cross section of the at least one inflation aperture, whereby the aperture cross section of the at least one shutter aperture can be completely or partly aligned with the cross section of the aperture of the at least one inflation aperture.