Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag module (18) that is disposed in a roof area (16) of a vehicle and is assigned to a front seat (14). The airbag module (18) comprises an airbag (20) that is disposed so that it deploys in the vehicle longitudinal direction (L) in front of a vehicle occupant (12) seated in the front seat (14), wherein a baffle (24) of the airbag (20) in the filled state is aligned transversely to the vehicle longitudinal direction (L) and faces the vehicle occupant (12). In a situation of restraint, it can be decided whether the airbag (20) is filled depending on whether the vehicle occupant (12) is touching a steering wheel (38) of the vehicle, wherein a steering wheel airbag is exclusively filled when a contact with the steering wheel (38) is detected.

Abstract: A vehicle safety system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat includes a seatbelt extensible around the occupant to help restrain the occupant in the vehicle seat. The seatbelt includes a lap belt configured to extend across the occupant at the hips. An airbag is secured to the lap belt and configured to inflate and deploy upward from the lap belt to a deployed position in front of the occupant. The system is configured to adjust the deployed position of the airbag in response to the position of the occupant.

Abstract: A vehicle safety system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat includes a seatbelt extensible around the occupant to help restrain the occupant in the vehicle seat. The seatbelt includes a lap belt configured to extend across the occupant at the hips. An airbag is secured to the lap belt and configured to inflate and deploy upward from the lap belt to a deployed position in front of the occupant. The system is configured to adjust the deployed position of the airbag in response to the position of the occupant.

Abstract: The present invention provides for an advantageous external side airbag system (1), comprising at least one airbag (3, 3a-3c) with at least one dedicated inflator (5a-5c). The external airbag system is characterized in that at least one airbag has in a folded state an elongated shape that extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and is configured to be integrated in a side structure (19) of a vehicle, and in particular between a rocker panel (21) and a sill cover (31) of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides for an advantageous external side airbag system (1), comprising at least one airbag (3, 3a-3c) with at least one dedicated inflator (5a-5c). The external airbag system is characterised in that at least one airbag has in a folded state an elongated shape that extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and is configured to be integrated in a side structure (19) of a vehicle, and in particular between a rocker panel (21) and a sill cover (31) of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a side airbag module intended for holding back, in the event of an impact, the occupant (13) of the seat (15) of an automotive vehicle with a reclining backrest (19) by means of suitable means including an adjustment knob (31), comprising a cushion (11) configured for being vertically deployed between the protection area required for the occupant (13) and the body of the vehicle when inflated with the gas provided by a gas generator and a distance piece (21) joined at one of its ends (23) to the cushion (11) and at the other end (25) to the reclining means of the backrest (19) such that its length is reduced when the inclination of the backrest (19) is increased so that the deployed cushion (11) can be properly positioned no matter what the required inclination of the backrest (19) of the seat (15) may be.

Abstract: The invention relates to a front airbag module for an automotive vehicle comprising an inflatable cushion (11) that can be inflated with the gas produced by a generator, including at least one venting opening (17) and a venting regulation device formed by a flexible material part (21) joined to the inflatable cushion (11) on the periphery or near zones of said venting opening (17) such that it can completely or partially close or uncover it, preventing or allowing the output of gas, and a stress member (23) joined at one of its ends to said flexible material part (21) and at the other end to the inflatable cushion (11), the geometric configurations of said stress member (23) and of said flexible material part (21) being established such that the opening degree of the venting opening (17) is determined by the stress level in the stress member (23) during cushion (11) deployment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a side airbag module intended for holding back, in the event of an impact, the occupant (13) of the seat (15) of an automotive vehicle with a reclining backrest (19) by means of suitable means including an adjustment knob (31), comprising a cushion (11) configured for being vertically deployed between the protection area required for the occupant (13) and the body of the vehicle when inflated with the gas provided by a gas generator and a distance piece (21) joined at one of its ends (23) to the cushion (11) and at the other end (25) to the reclining means of the backrest (19) such that its length is reduced when the inclination of the backrest (19) is increased so that the deployed cushion (11) can be properly positioned no matter what the required inclination of the backrest (19) of the seat (15) may be.