Abstract: An airbag device installed in a vehicle seat having a seat cushion forming a seat surface and a seatback forming a backrest, being provided with an inflator stowed in one side portion of the seatback that generates inflation gas, and an airbag stowed in the seatback in a rolled or folded state that deploys from one side portion by the inflator releasing the inflation gas. The airbag deploys toward the front of the seatback and includes an upper chamber region for protecting at least around the head and neck of the occupant and a lower chamber region for protecting mainly from the waist to the shoulders of the occupant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag apparatus for a vehicle seat, comprising at least one airbag module, wherein the at least one airbag module comprises at least one airbag and is designed for attachment to a backrest and/or to a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, and a catch strap mechanism for the airbag module, wherein the catch strap mechanism comprises at least one catch strap arrangement attached to the airbag, the catch strap mechanism being designed for attachment to the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A steering wheel, including a steering wheel rim and a light-emitting assembly arranged on the steering wheel rim, wherein the light-emitting assembly includes a light source, a light guide member, and a light transmissive member, the light guide member including a light inlet portion, a light outlet portion, and an orientation portion provided between the light inlet portion and the light outlet portion. Light emitted by the light source enters the light inlet portion in a first direction, is oriented by the orientation portion, and then exits the steering wheel from the light outlet portion and the light transmissive member sequentially in a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction, and the light transmissive member is configured to be annular and arranged in a radial direction of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A device for retaining a safety module mounted on a vehicle steering wheel structure, comprising: at least one latching element, at least one elastic element that is arranged so as to engage with the latching element in order to retain the safety module on the steering wheel structure, the elastic element comprising a contact portion arranged such that, when there is a movement of mounting the safety module on the steering wheel structure, it comes into contact with a guide track arranged on an actuation face of the latching element located facing the elastic element, wherein the guide track is arranged on a first side of the latching element, and in that the actuation face has at least one offset arranged between the guide track and a second side of the latching element.

Abstract: A steering wheel, including a steering wheel rim and a steering wheel support, the steering wheel rim being movable relative to the steering wheel support, and the steering wheel rim being mounted rotatable about a first axis of rotation. The steering wheel further includes: a pivot shaft, fixedly connected to the steering wheel rim so as to move together with the steering wheel rim, the pivoting of the pivot shaft about a second axis of rotation causing the steering wheel rim to rotate about the second axis relative to the steering wheel support, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis; and a transmission mechanism, configured to be drivingly connected to the pivot shaft and configured to transmit power to the pivot shaft when driven by a driving apparatus so that the pivot shaft pivots about the second axis.

Abstract: A belt retractor having an electrically actuatable locking device comprising a housing with a base plate and an upright first limb, a locking lever mounted pivotably on the upright first limb with a steel plate which is spring-loaded, and an electromagnet arranged in the housing and having a coil with a through opening, a first iron core which is arranged in the through opening, when a voltage is applied to the coil, exerts a magnetic force on the locking lever via the steel plate and actuates the locking lever for triggering a locking or unlocking movement against the force of the spring. The movement of the locking lever is enforced by a first magnetic circuit formed by the first iron core, the upright first limb and the portions of the base plate and of the locking lever between the first iron core and the upright first limb.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle having a windscreen and an A-pillar extending adjacent a side edge of the windscreen. The protection device comprises a base member securable to the A-pillar of the motor vehicle, and a trim member moveable relative to the base member. A deployment mechanism is operable upon actuation of the device to drive the trim member away from the base member from an initial position in which the trim member is proximal to the base member, to a deployed position in which the trim member is spaced from the base member. The deployment mechanism comprises a plastically deformable member interconnecting the base member and the trim member and which is arranged, in said deployed position of the trim member, to absorb impact energy arising from impact between a pedestrian and the trim member in compression.

Abstract: A passenger airbag module is described. This passenger airbag module comprises an airbag cushion having an outer skin enclosing a chamber, a structural member comprising a housing into which the un-deployed airbag cushion is folded, and an inflator. The housing extends in transverse direction from a first end to a second end, and the fully deployed outer skin extends in the transverse direction from a third end to a fourth end. In order to improve the positioning of the deployed airbag, a transverse tether is provided. This transverse tether extends from a fifth end being connected to the outer skin in transverse direction to a sixth end being connected to at least one of the outer skin and the structural member.

Abstract: A vehicle driving system to be provided in a vehicle includes a touch sensor and a control unit. The touch sensor is to be provided in the steering operation device and configured to measure a fluctuation in electrostatic capacitance. The control unit determines, based on information from the touch sensor, whether a driver of the vehicle is in a steering-holding state or in a non-steering-holding state. After a detection of a first fluctuation that is a fluctuation in the electrostatic capacitance occurring before a malfunction of the touch sensor, the control unit determines that the driver is in the non-steering-holding state even if the information from the touch sensor to the control unit indicates that the driver is in the steering-holding state.

Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel comprising: a hub, a movable structure that is able to move with respect to the hub between a driving position and at least one console position, an articulation arranged between the hub and the movable structure and comprising at least one articulation shaft, at least one electrical conductor running from the hub to the movable structure, wherein the articulation shaft comprises a recess so as to form a cable passage, and in which the electrical conductor runs from the hub to the movable structure passing through the cable passage.

Abstract: A method of measuring a user's contact or proximity to a vehicle steering wheel, comprising the steps of measuring the user's contact or proximity to the vehicle steering wheel during a phase of use of the vehicle steering wheel resulting in generating of a measurement signal (SM), storing in a second memory unit at least part of the values of the measurements taken, adjusting the detection threshold (S2M/1M) based on the stored values and/or processing carried out on the stored values.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a steering wheel comprising a frame, a covering formed by a body, overmoulded onto the frame, and at least one insert, the method comprising steps aimed at: providing at least one recess in the covering, and producing the insert so that an assembly of the insert with the body of the covering allows the recess, to be at least partially covered, wherein the insert is obtained in a single piece with the body of the covering.

Abstract: A safety airbag device, including a safety airbag having an inflated state and a stowed state, a gas generator, used to generate gas to inflate the safety airbag so that the safety airbag enters the inflated state; and a deflector, used to guide the gas generated by the gas generator before the gas generated by the gas generator enters the safety airbag. The deflector includes a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity includes a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet. The second cavity includes a second gas inlet and a second gas outlet. The first gas outlet and the second gas inlet are in fluid communication with each other.

Abstract: The present invention is an airbag device mounted on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a rim with a shape in which the distance from the center of rotation to the distance to the upper edges is shorter than to left and right edges, that includes a gas generator that generates an expansion gas and an airbag that expands and deploys toward the occupant due to the expansion gas. Furthermore, at the stage before the occupant comes into contact with the expanded and deployed airbag, the thickness (width) D1 of the upper end part of the airbag in the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the steering wheel when the airbag is viewed from the side is configured to be larger than the thickness (width) D2 of the lower end part.

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle, with—an airbag (1), the airbag (1) having a first cushion layer (1.1) and a second cushion layer (1.2) opposite to the first cushion layer (1.1), and—at least one tether arrangement (2), the tether arrangement being connected to the airbag (1) and being connectable with one end to the motor vehicle outside the airbag (1).

Abstract: A hanging lug for a safety airbag includes a first sewing piece, a second sewing piece, and a connecting piece. The first sewing piece and the second sewing piece are respectively provided at two ends of the connecting piece. The connecting piece is used for passing through a slit of a metal member. The connecting piece is folded in half after passing through the metal member. The first sewing piece and the second sewing piece are arranged in a staggered manner. Also provided is a safety airbag. The connecting piece is folded in half after passing through the metal member, and the first sewing piece and the second sewing piece are arranged in a staggered manner, thereby increasing the total sewing line length of the hanging lug, preventing an OPW from being damaged, reducing the number of sewn layers, and facilitating sewing operation.

Abstract: A safety airbag, including: an air bag, having an inflated and stowed state; and a gas generator, used to inflate the air bag to the inflated state, wherein the air bag includes a body portion and a cut-out portion, the cut-out portion being formed as being cut out from the air bag, but still remaining integral with the body portion, and in the inflated state, the cut-out portion being oriented in a predetermined direction relative to the body portion via an orienting member. Using the cut-out portion to provide protection for the head of an occupant increases the utilization rate of a material for making an air bag. In addition, the height of the airbag curtain is relatively large only at the cut-out portion, and is relatively small at the remaining positions, thereby reducing the volume of the air bag.

Abstract: An occupant restraining device capable of accurately adjusting the position of an airbag that expands and deploys. An occupant restraining device comprising an airbag installed in a seatback frame, provided with bands that pulls said airbag, which expands and deploys, to the center of said frame; said bands being in a position where the first portion, a twisting portion, is attached to the upper part of said frame and is twisted in a width direction relative to the second portion.

Abstract: An airbag assembly includes: an air bag, mounted to a vehicle seat and capable of inflating from an undeployed state to a deployed state, wherein in the deployed state, the air bag extends along the head and torso of an occupant in the vehicle seat, arranged to surround the head and torso of the occupant; and a strap, for mounting the air bag to the vehicle seat and having a first section and a second section, wherein in the deployed state, the strap is tightened, the first section being mounted to the air bag on an outer surface of the air bag in an extension direction of the air bag, and the second section extending on at least one outer side surface of the air bag in a direction at an angle with respect to the extension direction of the air bag.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor, with a belt shaft mounted rotatably in a frame, a blocking device for blocking the belt shaft in an extension direction of the seat belt, a control device having a control disc with a toothing for activating the blocking device, an electric actuator with a first blocking lever, which is spring-loaded into the toothing of the control disc in an engagement direction, an ECL blocking lever which, in a first position, blocks the first blocking lever of the actuator during a first belt band extension in a position in which said blocking lever does not engage in the toothing of the control disc, and an LC blocking lever which, in a first position, blocks the first blocking lever of the actuator when a predetermined belt band extension length is fallen short of in a first position.