Appeal No. 2003-0417
Application 09/080,207
Representative claim 23 reads as follows:
23. A side impact protection device for a passenger of a
vehicle, comprising:
a housing, fastened in a side door of the vehicle,
a gas generator held in the housing,
an air bag which can be inflated by the gas generator, and
a partition, providing a barrier effect for a gas flow
emerging from the gas generator, provided within the air bag,
said partition including a main flow-through opening through
which gas can flow,
wherein the gas generator, connected with the air bag,
extends along a longitudinal axis of the gas generator, and
wherein a lower boundary edge of the air bag, in an unfolded
mounted position, extends at an angle, which is not equal to
zero, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gas generator
so that, during inflation, the air bag is rotatable through the
angle in relation to the longitudinal axis into an inflated
operating position providing ideal protection for the passenger.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Wipasuramonton et al. 5,615,909 Apr. 01, 1997
(Wipasuramonton)
Heinz et al., German 4,430,412 Oct. 12, 1995
Patent Document
(Heinz)1
1 An English language translation of this reference,
prepared on behalf of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, is appended hereto.
2
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