US 11,919,469 B2
Lateral airbag, vehicle occupant restraint system having a seat-integrated airbag module and vehicle seat having a seat-integrated airbag module
Stojan Bogdanovic, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE); Dominique Acker, Gschwend (DE); Achim Kartenberg, Durlangen (DE); Joana Hessel, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE); and Sotirios Fotopoulos, Valladolid (ES)
Assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/616,206
Filed by ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/065296
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245161, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019115150.3 (DE), filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242356 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0048 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2074 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system provided to be mounted on a vehicle seat and including at least one fabric cut and one gas cushion, wherein the side airbag includes at least three fastening points for mounting the side airbag on the vehicle seat, in particular on a vehicle seat frame, wherein at least a first fastening point and a second fastening point are arranged in the at least one fabric cut, wherein the first and second fastening points are arranged, in a condition mounted on the vehicle seat, in an upper area of the side airbag and in a vehicle seat transverse direction are arranged at a distance from each other,
and wherein the side airbag further comprises an inflatable head gas cushion and an inflatable torso gas cushion connected to the head gas cushion both of which form separate inflatable chambers of the side airbag, wherein the head gas cushion and the torso gas cushion are formed by separate inflatable chambers which are secured to each other in a connecting area,
and wherein the first and second fastening points are arranged in the fabric cut of the head gas cushion and a third fastening point is arranged in the fabric cut of the torso gas cushion.