	US 12,296,777 B2
	Vehicle occupant restraining system comprising a passenger airbag
Naoki Ando, Tochigi (JP); Xu Yang, Kanagawa (JP); Ahmad Hafizi, Kanagawa (JP); Hidekazu Iida, Tokyo (JP); and Harish Kumar Reddy Tummala, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf (DE); and ZF AUTOMOTIVE JAPAN CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/561,746
Filed by ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf (DE); and ZF AUTOMOTIVE JAPAN CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed May 16, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/063179 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/243240, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 112 697.5 (DE), filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239294 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/239 (2006.01)

CPC B60R 21/233 (2013.01) [B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 21/239 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23308 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23324 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. A vehicle occupant restraint system comprising a passenger airbag which includes first and second inflatable chambers, wherein the second chamber is provided to cushion the head of a vehicle occupant associated with the passenger airbag, and in a state of the passenger airbag fully filled and arranged in a vehicle, the first chamber has a higher internal pressure than the second chamber, and in a baffle of the passenger airbag, when viewed along a vehicle longitudinal direction, the first chamber has a V-shape with two arms and a tip, wherein the second chamber is disposed between the arms of the V-shape, and the tip of the V-shape faces downwards with respect to a vehicle vertical direction.