US 11,993,216 B2
Occupant protection device for a vehicle
Claus Geisler, Herrenberg (DE); Juergen Warwel, Stuttgart (DE); and Abdulkadir Oeztuerk, Gärtringen (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/781,790
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085321
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122235, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 008 850.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008770 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23153 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An occupant protection device for a vehicle, the occupant protection device comprising:
an airbag arranged directly on a vehicle seat and in a region underneath a seat cushion of the vehicle seat, wherein the airbag is configured to inflate from the region of the vehicle seat, and wherein the airbag is arranged to protect an occupant in the vehicle seat,
wherein the airbag is configured to inflate upwards in a direction of a vertical axis of the vehicle,
wherein the airbag is configured, in an operative position of the airbag, in such a manner that the airbag encloses legs and a lower body of the occupant in an enclosing region forming an impact and support region for a head and an upper body of the occupant,
wherein the airbag comprises a lateral supporting region configured to laterally hold the occupant in the vehicle seat,
wherein, in the operative position of the airbag, a bottom side of the airbag facing the legs of the occupant is curved and a top side of the airbag is more curved than the bottom side of the airbag facing the legs of the occupant,
wherein, in the operative position of the airbag, the airbag has a recess configured to receive the upper body of the occupant, and
wherein, in the operative position of the airbag, a lower section of the airbag is longer in an occupant facing direction than an upper section of the airbag.