Abstract: An airbag housing is carried on a formed part extending from a lower section of an instrument panel for a motor vehicle. The formed part forms at least a front section of an upper wall of a footwell assigned to the vehicle occupants. A knee air-bag is disposed in the airbag housing.

Abstract: An airbag arrangement includes a middle side airbag confined between an arm-rest and a seat. The middle side airbag protects a driver of a vehicle and a passenger from the collision between the driver and the passenger upon vehicle collision. A cushion inflated from a back part of a driver seat is firmly fixed between the driver seat and an arm-rest to restrict the movement of occupants. The middle side airbag includes vertical sewed lines to vertically form a partition, or includes inclined sewed lines to inflate the middle side airbag toward at an expected collision position between the driver and the passenger. An inflator is provided on a lateral surface of a back part of the driver seat. As soon as air is injected into the middle side airbag, the middle side airbag is inflated while forming contact parts confined in the space between an arm-rest and a seat.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-twist device for a curtain airbag of a vehicle. The anti-twist device allows a worker to immediately recognize the twist of the curtain airbag or automatically releases the twist of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag is installed in the vehicle, thereby improving stability of the curtain airbag. The anti-twist device is mounted on the curtain airbag including a bracket having an inflator mounted thereon and coupled to a vehicle body, the airbag cushion received in a winding state while communicating with the inflator, and a band surrounding the airbag cushion, and includes a body having a predetermined length and provided in parallel to the airbag cushion, a first fixing part formed at one end of the body and coupled with the bracket or the vehicle body, and a second fixing part formed at an opposite end of the body and coupled with the band.

Abstract: A bracket for fastening a tightening strap of a curtain airbag to a vehicle part includes a base plate and a support surface for fastening the bracket to the vehicle part. A retaining web, fastenable to the tightening strap, is located on the bracket in such a way that the retaining web can be moved to a fastening position by performing a swivel motion with the bracket being supported on the vehicle part via the support surface.

Abstract: A passenger airbag module includes a housing, an inflator generating gas pressure according to a control signal of an electronic control unit, and an airbag cushion folded in the housing such that the airbag cushion is expanded in the form of a dual chamber. The airbag cushion is provided therein with a tether having a rectangular shape corresponding to a sectional shape of the airbag cushion. The tether is installed in the transverse direction to divide the airbag cushion into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. Transfer holes are formed at edges of the tether. In the passenger airbag module, the upper chamber is primarily expanded by concentrating gas flow into the upper chamber to instantly deploy the airbag cushion in the proper position, thereby safely protecting the occupants.

Abstract: A curtain airbag for a motor vehicle includes a two-layer lug for fastening to the motor vehicle formed by a first layer which is folded back upon itself to a second layer. The two-layer lug includes an opening in the area of the fold. A bracket is provided between the layers. The bracket projects through the opening with a fastening shoulder, and the curtain airbag can be fastened to the motor vehicle via the fastening shoulder.

Abstract: A fixing clamp for fixing an airbag on a gas generator includes a first support portion adapted to the outer shape of the gas generator and a second wrapping portion extending from the support portion. The wrapping portion with its free end can be connected to the support portion. The wrapping portion is designed to be extensible.

Abstract: An airbag cushion for vehicles includes a cushion body, vent holes, tubes and a tether. The vent holes are formed in the cushion body at opposite positions. The tubes are connected to the respective vent holes. The tubes are deployed out of the vent holes by deployment of the cushion body so that gas is discharged out of the cushion body through the tubes. The tether connects the tubes to each other and is severed when pressure in the cushion body reaches a predetermined degree. At the point of time at which the weight of the occupant is applied to the airbag cushion, the pressure in the airbag cushion is released, thus reducing the risk of the deployment of the airbag cushion injuring the occupant.

Abstract: An airbag module includes an airbag cushion, an inflator and a housing. The inflator injects gas into the airbag cushion when a vehicle is in collision, so that the airbag cushion is inflated and deployed. The housing houses the airbag cushion, which is folded before deployment, and the inflator. When the airbag cushion is deployed from the housing, the airbag cushion forms a hard chamber and a soft chamber that are defined by a partition. The hard chamber is supplied with gas by the inflator and is positioned in the upper front of the airbag cushion. The soft chamber is supplied with gas by the hard chamber via a connecting hole formed in the partition and is positioned in the rear of the airbag cushion. A vent hole for exhausting gas to the outside is formed in the soft chamber.

Abstract: A reversible seat belt tensioner includes an electric motor (2), a belt shaft (1) drivable in the belt winding direction by the electric motor (2) via a drive wheel (10), and a drive shaft (9) transmitting the rotational movement of the electric motor (2) to the drive wheel (10). The drive shaft (9) is connected to at least one of the drive wheel (10) and the electric motor (2) via a helical gear unit. The teeth of the helical gear unit make point-shaped contacts with each other, and the drive shaft (9) is axially movable relative to the electric motor (2) or the drive wheel (10) without disengaging the gear teeth.

Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle comprising an inflatable portion and lugs arranged at the periphery of the inflatable portion. The airbag is made of a one-piece-woven technology having a structure made of warp threads and weft threads. The airbag further comprises a marking for enabling a detection of an incorrect attachment of the airbag at the vehicle. The marking is realized by a coded weaving structure in at least one lug.

Abstract: A frontal airbag assembly has a housing defining an airbag space. An inflatable compacted airbag cushion is arranged in the airbag space and has a gas inlet connected to a gas generator. A wrapper having a front end attached outside of the housing to the front wall or the bottom wall of the housing and a rear end attached to the rear wall or the bottom wall of the housing. A guide flap extends between the wrapper and the airbag cushion and has an outer end attached to the wrapper between the front end and a split line of the wrapper, a first inward fold between the split line and the rear wall, and an inner end arranged between the wrapper and an upper portion of the front wall. The guide flap is released when the split line has separated the wrapper into a front portion and a rear portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag comprising a flexible fastening tab (3) having a fastening opening (4) for attachment to a motor vehicle by means of a form-locking element (2), whereby a fastening region (14) and a folding region (15) are constructed in the tab (3), the fastening opening (4) is constructed in the fastening region (14) and a folding opening (5) is constructed in the folding region (15), and whereby the folding opening (5) is dimensioned such that the folding region (15) can fold at least partially over the form-locking element (2).

Abstract: A steering wheel unit with an airbag module and a steering wheel body is connectable to a steering column defining the axial direction. The steering wheel body includes an accommodation for the airbag module in the hub area. The airbag module can be pressed down against the steering wheel body against the force of at least one spring and at least two positioning units act between the airbag module and the steering wheel body. The positioning units are arranged in a center of gravity plane being perpendicular to the axial direction. In order to provide an easy mountability and a high degree of flexibility in respect of the installation space, the positioning units act at least in non-axial direction and the at least one spring is spaced from the positioning units.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a force limiting device for a motor vehicle is provided. The force limiting device is adopted for adjusting the absorption of a force between two parts moving relative to one another during a dangerous situation in the motor vehicle. The force limiting device comprises a kinematic energy absorption device configured such that for a predefined profile of a speed difference between the two parts moving relative to one another different force limiting levels are produced as a function of mass and momentum of the two moving parts.

Abstract: In a night vision arrangement for a motor vehicle a camera is provided which captures an image which is subsequently displayed on a display arrangement which may be a head-up display arrangement. The camera directs light on to a beam deflector which may be constituted by a mirror which deflects the beam so that it passes along a neck on to a sensor. The camera may relatively easily be mounted in position in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat (10) for a motor vehicle having a backrest (14) with a seat-mounted side airbag (20) having a first side wall (22) facing the occupant and a second side wall (24) facing the outside of the vehicle. The side airbag (20) is located on the side of the backrest (14) facing the outside of the vehicle, and the side airbag (20) includes a first ventilation opening (30) in the second side wall, the ventilation opening being at least throttled on lying against an object, so that a ventilation of the airbag is adapted as a function of the size of the occupant. The vehicle seat (10) is height adjustable so that, depending on the height adjustment of the vehicle seat, the first ventilation can be closed by the inner structure of the vehicle.

Abstract: A safety device for a vehicle seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat has a backrest that extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the backrest having at least one lateral region and an upper region from which a headrest extends. Arranged on the backrest is a side airbag device with at least one inflator and a side airbag. The side airbag has a thorax section (22). The head section (26) emerges from the upper region of the backrest (12) beside the headrest (14) when the inflator is actuated, and the inner wall (26a) of the head section (26) is toward the interior of the vehicle relative to the inner wall (22a) of the thorax section (22). The inner wall (22a) of the thorax section (22) and the outer wall (26b) of the head section (26) are connected via overflow openings (31, 34).

Abstract: A clutch includes a clutch housing that rotates with a spindle and has inner teeth; a pair of pawls that can engage with the inner teeth; a gear wheel that is joined to a motor and has a pair of sliding grooves that hold the pawls such that the pawls can move in the sliding grooves between a first position when the motor is not operating, a second position at which the pawls engage with the inner teeth of the clutch housing through operation of the motor, and a third position at which the pawls become positioned on the opposite side to that of the second position across the first position upon operation of the pretensioner; and a return prevention mechanism that prevents the pawls from returning to the first position and the second position after having moved to the third position.

Abstract: An attachment structure for driver seat airbag devices that enables smoother operation of a horn switch. The attachment structure includes: an armature connected to a steering mechanism of the vehicle; and a housing that accommodates the airbag module and that is positioned with respect to the armature. The housing includes positioning pins for implementing relative positioning in XY directions with respect to the armature at a plurality of locations and first openings for implementing positioning in a Z direction at a plurality of locations. The armature is provided with a plurality of second openings through which the positioning pins of the housing are inserted and with a plurality of protrusions that are inserted through the first openings of the housing. The position of Z-direction lower edge sections of the first openings of the housing lies within a range of the depth of the second openings of the armature.