US 11,685,327 B2
Seat belt arrangements for a motor vehicle
Norman Steinke, Berlin (DE); Yves Clauss, Potsdam (DE); Tibor Leupold, Berlin (DE); Jan Höfer, Berlin (DE); Mingxi Yan, Berlin (DE); Tobias Pausch, Berlin (DE); Koshan Mahdi, Berlin (DE); and Gert Weller, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH, Aschaffenburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/278,277
Filed by JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH, Aschaffenburg (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073715
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057992, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 123 209.8 (DE), filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0354647 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 21/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/013 (2006.01); B60R 21/20 (2011.01); B60R 22/26 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 22/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/18 (2013.01) [B60R 21/013 (2013.01); B60R 21/20 (2013.01); B60R 22/26 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01211 (2013.01); B60R 2022/1818 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat belt arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising
at least one seat belt for the protection of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat;
at least one inflatable gas bag arranged on the seat belt for the protection of the vehicle occupant,
wherein the gas bag includes a passage through which the seat belt extends and to which at least one inflatable chamber of the gas bag adjoins, wherein during or after inflation of the gas bag at least a sub-section of a wall of the passage presses indirectly and/or directly against the seat belt such a way that the gas bag couples to the seat belt and follows an extension movement of the seat belt and hence a movement of the vehicle occupant, and wherein the seat belt is at least partially surrounded by a casing element at least within the passage.