Patent ID: 6010150
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A passive restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one airbag module allocated to a vehicle seat (2) for lateral protection of the head and optionally the head-chest region of a person sitting in the vehicle seat (2), a safety belt (5) anchored in the structure of the vehicle as an additional passive restraining component, the airbag module having at least one gas generator and one gas sack (1) into which the gas generator suddenly introduces gas upon a triggering signal, wherein the gas sack (1) is so arranged and has a shape such that it catches the safety belt (5), which is imparted a slack immediately after occurrence of the triggering signal, wherein the gas sack (1) lifts the safety belt (5) from its resting position on the person (6) and takes up the slack with increasing volume, so that the safety belt (5) impedes the gas sack (1) in its fully inflated state from a lateral outwardly directed swinging, such that the head region of the person (6) after contact with the gas sack (1) essentially does not leave the contours of the passenger compartment (8).