Patent ID: 6241282
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An airbag which is folded in the resting state comprising two regions with different folding, wherein, in one region in a front part of the airbag having a span corresponding substantially to the base cross-section of a fixing device to which at least one scanning element is connected, said scanning cement on inflation of the airbag providing a measurement value corresponding to the distance the airbag front part has moved, a bellows is formed by a first set of folds, in which fold lays directed toward on another of, in each case, two internal fold flanks converging in the fold lines are formed on two opposing sides of the airbag and, in the other region, a part of the bellows formed by the first set of folds is folded with a zigzag set of folds orientated perpendicularly to the first set of folds at the other two sides of the airbag to form two stacks which lie side by side and are arranged between the bellows in the first region and the fixing device and in that at least one scanning element is guided between the two stacks of the second region and the internal fold lines of the first region, only the first set of folds has a span corresponding substantially to the base cross-section of the fixing device.