IP Library Granted Patent US 8,136,837
Granted Patent B2
US 8,136,837 · App. 12/585,288 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Folded airbag for a motor vehicle

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,136,837
App. No.
12/585,288
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A folded airbag for a motor vehicle, which can be inflated in case of a crash, having a first rolled folding created by rolling up a first airbag section, and a second rolled folding created by rolling up a second airbag section. The spatial directions, along which the two airbag sections are rolled up to form a rolled folding are oriented at an angle to each other.

Claims (10)

1. A folded airbag for a motor vehicle, which can be inflated in case of a crash, comprising:

a first rolled folding created by rolling up a first airbag section; and

a second rolled folding created by rolling up a second airbag section,

wherein first and second spatial directions, along which the first and second airbag sections are, respectively, rolled up to form a resulting rolled folding, are oriented at an angle to each other,

wherein the first and second spatial directions are oriented to each other in an angle between 10° and substantially less than 90° or between substantially more than 90° and 170°, and

wherein the resulting rolled folding comprises a first folded area in which both first and second rolled foldings overlap, a second folded area being formed by an area of exactly one of the first and second rolled foldings, and a third folded area being formed by an area of exactly the other of the first and second rolled foldings.

2. The folded airbag according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second rolled foldings overlap each other in such a manner that the second airbag section, which forms the second rolled folding by rolling up said second airbag section, comprises at least in part the first rolled folding.

3. The folded airbag according to claim 1 , wherein by rolling up the second airbag section for forming the second rolled folding at least one part of the first rolled folding is also rolled up along the second spatial direction.

4. The folded airbag according to claim 1 , wherein more than two rolled foldings are provided of which at least two are rolled up along different spatial directions.

5. The folded airbag according to claim 4 , wherein all rolled foldings are rolled up along different spatial directions, respectively.

Assignments (7)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Jan 13, 2026
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS ACQUISITION LLC; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.; KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 074331/0585 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057775/0611 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 057828/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: TAKATA AG
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 052551/0131 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: TAKATA-PETRI AG
To: TAKATA AG
Reel/Frame 052472/0220 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046288/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2009
From: FELLER, JENS
To: TAKATA-PETRI AG
Reel/Frame 023264/0756 →