| US 7,431,327 B2 | ||
| Front-passenger airbag module | ||
| Albrecht Kretzschmar, Niederselters (Germany); Wolfgang Kampfmann, Eschau (Germany); Stefan Fuchs, Goldbach (Germany); Rudiger Boll, Keilberg (Germany); Norbert Sahm, Aschaffenburg (Germany); Christian Kempe, Aschaffenburg (Germany); Thomas Webert, Habichsthal (Germany); Volker Porrmann, Aschaffenburg (Germany); Maximo Papa, Aschaffenburg (Germany); Norbert Muller, Aschaffenburg (Germany); Nick Eckert, Berlin (Germany); Matthias Liebetrau, Falkensee (Germany); Achilleas Leontidis, Aschaffenburg (Germany); and Ralf Bartholomaus, Glattbach (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Takata-Petri AG, Aschaffenburg (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/200,239. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 040 235 (DE), filed on Aug. 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0125212 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—728.2 [280/740; 280/743.1] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A front-passenger airbag module comprising:
a gas generator;
a diffuser;
a self-supporting airbag that includes a loop positioned in a downward direction of the airbag and upwardly arched sections;
an arched airbag holder; and
an airbag housing,
wherein at least a portion of the airbag holder is arranged between the airbag housing and the gas generator, and wherein
at least a portion of the airbag holder is enclosed by the loop of the airbag,
wherein the upwardly arched sections of the airbag are positioned between the diffuser and the gas generator, and
wherein the arched airbag holder is positioned between the gas generator and the loop of the airbag.
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