IP Library Granted Patent US 9,221,411
Granted Patent B2
US 9,221,411 · App. 13/720,718 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Gasbag for a personal protection device

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Patent No.
US 9,221,411
App. No.
13/720,718
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gasbag for a pneumatic personal protection device on a motor vehicle is provided. The gasbag has a membrane at least locally comprising an inner layer and an outer layer that exhibits a higher tolerance to a frictional load than the inner layer.

Claims (19)

1. A gasbag for a pneumatic personal protection device on a motor vehicle, the gasbag having a membrane at least locally comprising:

an inner layer; and

an outer layer that exhibits a higher tolerance to a frictional load than the inner layer, wherein the outer layer comprises discrete wearing bodies individually secured to the inner layer.

2. The gasbag according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer forms a closed layer.

3. The gasbag according to claim 1 , wherein the discrete wearing bodies are scaled.

4. The gasbag according to claim 3 , wherein the discrete wearing bodies are adhesively bonded to the inner layer.

5. The gasbag according to claim 3 , wherein fastening sections of the discrete wearing bodies pass through openings in the inner layer.

6. The gasbag according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer is a fabric.

7. The gasbag according to claim 1 , wherein the inner layer is a fabric.

8. A gasbag for a pneumatic personal protection device on a motor vehicle, the gasbag having a membrane at least locally comprising:

an inner layer; and

an outer layer that exhibits a higher tolerance to a frictional load than the inner layer, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer form a fabric.

9. The gasbag according to claim 8 , wherein the inner layer and the outer layer are formed by different types of threads in the fabric.

10. The gasbag according to claim 8 , wherein the outer layer comprises aramide or PTFE.

11. A motor vehicle with a gasbag having a membrane at least locally comprising an inner layer and an outer layer that exhibits a higher tolerance to a frictional load than the inner layer, the outer layer having discrete wearing bodies individually secured to the inner layer, wherein the gasbag is arranged on a bumper of the motor vehicle.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the gasbag is arranged on a front bumper of the motor vehicle.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the outer layer is provided on at least a part of the gasbag that faces a road in an expanded state.

14. A motor vehicle with a gasbag having a membrane at least locally comprising an inner layer and an outer layer that exhibits a higher tolerance to a frictional load than the inner layer, wherein the gasbag is arranged in such a way as to expand through an opening, and wherein the outer layer is provided at least on a part of the gasbag that comes into frictional contact with an edge of the opening during expansion, wherein the outer layer exhibits an anisotropic coefficient of friction, and is oriented so as to minimize a coefficient of friction.

15. The gasbag according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer comprises aramide or PTFE.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 034287/0601 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 26, 2013
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 030694/0591 →