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Document | Title | Date |
20080203710 | AIRBAG MODULE - An airbag module includes an airbag with two sections that can be inflated to restrain a vehicle occupant. The inflated airbag defines a gap separating the two sections from each other on a front side of the airbag facing the vehicle occupant. A maximum distance between the airbag sections is dependent on a degree the airbag is filled with the distance decreasing as the airbag is filled. The airbag module also includes a strap at least partially fastened to an outer skin of the airbag. The strap includes at least a first and a second section of variable length. The length of the first section increases or decreases to the extent the length of the second section decreases or increases. The length of the second section defines the maximum distance between the airbag sections. | 08-28-2008 |
20080296875 | Airbag for Protecting a Vehicle Occupant - An airbag for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising a first and a second material layer each having edge regions, wherein the first and the second layers are sewn together along the edge regions. A fastening section adapted for attaching to a part of the vehicle and connecting to a gas generator configured to inflate the airbag with a gas in response to an accident. A first and a second chamber region disposed opposite a dividing seam, wherein each of the material layers includes a first and a second material section each matched to one of the first or second chamber regions. | 12-04-2008 |
20080309055 | Airbag system - An airbag system for a motor vehicle including a gas bag having first and second chambers. The system includes an inflator and a arranged in the connecting portion so that gas is guided into both the first and second chambers. The system includes at least one protective layer extending from the mass flow divider into the first chamber. Upon inflation of the gasbag, an inner pressure in the first chamber is significantly higher than an inner pressure in the second chamber, and wherein the protective layer comprises a flexible material deformed by the inner pressure in the first chamber to prevent gas from flowing from the first chamber through the connecting portion into the second chamber. | 12-18-2008 |
20090020987 | Multi-chambered side airbag - A multi-chambered airbag is sewn in a flat or 2-D state. The airbag includes a first fabric panel, a second fabric panel of a shape similar to the first fabric panel and coupled to at least a portion of a periphery of the first fabric panel, and a separator panel coupled to the first and second fabric panels. The separator panel forms two or more interior chambers in the airbag. The separator panel includes a venting mechanism to temporarily block the flow of inflation gases into one or more chambers in the airbag or to the outside. | 01-22-2009 |
20090039624 | Side-impact airbag and side-impact airbag apparatus - A side-impact airbag is disposed in a space between a side wall portion of a vehicle and a seat. The side-impact airbag includes a plurality of chambers partitioned in the airbag, a communication passageway formed in a front region of the airbag in a front-and-back direction of the vehicle, and a tether disposed between two of the plurality of chambers located at a rear region of the airbag in the front-and-back direction. The communication passageway allows at least two of the plurality of chambers to communicate with each other at the front region. An inflator supplies the gas to expand the side-impact airbag. The gas from the inflator is lead toward the communication passage through one of the partitioned chambers. | 02-12-2009 |
20090039625 | Vehicular Occupant Protection Method Using Airbags - Method for protecting an occupant of a vehicle using an inflatable airbag includes sealing sheets of film to form a sealed airbag having interconnected compartments receivable of inflating gas and a port through which the compartments are inflated, and positioning the airbag, when in an uninflated state, into a recessed portion alongside the passenger compartment. The airbag is positioned to extend, when inflated, across a side of the passenger compartment between occupant seating positions on that side of the vehicle and a portion of the vehicle defining the passenger compartment. A pressurized gas source inflates the airbag so that when an accident is sensed and a determination is made to inflate the airbag, gas enters into and inflate the airbag through the port thereby causing the airbag to extend across the side of the passenger compartment. | 02-12-2009 |
20090058051 | Curtain Airbag - In order to provide a curtain airbag that is of light weight, that is less expensive and easy to manufacture and that protects securely body parts from coming into a position outside the car, the invention refers to a curtain airbag which comprises a first section having two side walls enclosing a first gas chamber, a second section having two side walls enclosing a second gas chamber, a tube made of a flexible material extending between the first and the second section and connecting the first gas chamber with the second gas chamber and a non-inflatable intermediate section connecting the first and the second section and being connected to the first section by a first seam, to the second section by a second seam, and to the tube by a third seam. | 03-05-2009 |
20090096195 | Airbag Device for Front Passenger Seat - To provide an airbag device for a front passenger seat which has a simple construction and can sufficiently absorb an external force applied to an instrument panel. | 04-16-2009 |
20090096196 | Airbag module - An airbag module includes an airbag, a gas generator, and a module including at least one outflow opening. Gas generated by the gas generator enters an exterior space surrounding the airbag module through outflow opening. The airbag module also includes a movable first element that is assigned to the outflow opening and can be moved from an initial position, in which the first element closes the outflow opening into an end position. Movement of the first element out of the initial position into the end position causes the outflow opening to be opened. The at least one outflow opening is assigned a second element that may be moved out of an initial position into an end position in order to close the open outflow opening. | 04-16-2009 |
20090121462 | RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR FRONT VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - A restraint system is provided that includes, but is not limited to at least one airbag module having an airbag having at least one chamber for front vehicle occupants in a vehicle, a space at a distance from the windshield between dashboard and front vehicle occupant being fillable using the airbag by unfolding. To improve the vehicle comfort and the passenger safety according to the current and future requirements and provide more interior space, the airbag module is fastenable to a vehicle body structure forming the front vehicle interior, the restraint system being implemented using an airbag enlarged by a depth (T) of a dashboard. | 05-14-2009 |
20090152844 | Airbag Cushion with Multiple Chambers - An airbag cushion has multiple chambers of which the expansion order and speed are controlled. The airbag cushion can expand in a predetermined order at a predetermined speed to optimally protect a passenger. Therefore, the airbag cushion can rapidly expand between the steering wheel and the passenger, without injuring the passenger. | 06-18-2009 |
20090152845 | STRUCTURE OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG CUSHION OF VEHICLE - A structure for a driver's airbag cushion of a vehicle is provided to protect the driver's lower body as well as the driver's upper body and head, without mounting a knee airbag at the lower portion of the crash pad. The structure may include a blocking member that extends from a rear upper end of an airbag cushion to a front end of the airbag cushion and divides the interior of the airbag cushion into a face chamber defined by a front upper space of the airbag cushion and a pelvis chamber defined by a lower space thereof, the blocking member blocks the face and pelvis chambers, a temporary blocking member provided at a predetermined portion of the blocking member to control fluid-communication between the face chamber and the pelvis chamber when a tensile force is applied thereto, and/or a tensile force-providing member that applies tensile force to the temporary blocking member so that the pelvis chamber may be communicated with the face chamber by releasing the temporary blocking member when the pelvis chamber substantially expands. | 06-18-2009 |
20090152846 | Airbag Cushion Structure with Variable Inner Vent Hole - The present invention provides an airbag cushion structure with variable inner vent holes, which has at least two chambers into which an inflation gas is delivered from an inflator. According to the airbag cushion structure, safe inflation performance of an airbag is maximized in an early inflation by increasing the size of inner vent holes, passenger collision energy absorption performance of the airbag is secured in the latter inflation by decreasing the size of the inner vent holes. Further, it is possible to improve both the safe inflation performance and passenger collision energy absorption performance of the airbag when a passenger-contact portion of the airbag cushion that contacts with the passenger's head and chest is close to a region of the airbag cushion that inflates, such as a crash pad with an airbag cushion, by increasing the size of the inner vent holes and decreasing the size of the inner vent holes around a region where the passenger-contact portion contacts the passenger. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160164 | Airbag and airbag apparatus - An airbag includes a first and a second inner panel that partition the internal part of the airbag into a first chamber, and a second chamber surrounding the first chamber. Rear-side openings that allow the first chamber to communicate with the second chamber are provided in the second inner panel. Front-side openings are provided in the first inner panel. A sum of the opening areas of the rear-side openings is greater than a sum of the opening areas of the front-side openings. The sum of the opening areas of each of the rear-side openings and the front-side openings is greater than a sum of the opening areas of vent holes. As a result, the gas generated by a gas generator is discharged from the rear-side opening in the radial direction in a large quantity, and the airbag expands quickly in the radial direction. | 06-25-2009 |
20090206582 | Passenger constraining apparatus - A passenger constraining apparatus configured to limit the amount of upward inflation of a seat bag is provided. A passenger constraining apparatus | 08-20-2009 |
20090212538 | Airbag and airbag apparatus - An airbag device includes an outer shell forming an airbag and having a vent hole, a restriction member for restricting gas flow through the vent hole, a first chamber having the vent hole, a second chamber, the inner panel partitioning the airbag into the first and second chambers and having a communication portion, and a tether member for connecting the restriction member and the inner panel. Gas is introduced into the first chamber and then into the second chamber. When the first chamber is filled with gas and the inner panel is tensioned, the tension exceeding a predetermined value is applied to the restriction member so that the vent hole is substantially closed. When the first chamber is not filled with gas and the inner panel loosens, the tension applied to the restriction member does not reach the predetermined value so that the vent hole is opened. | 08-27-2009 |
20090212539 | Side impact protection airbag system - A side impact protection airbag system includes an inflator, a retainer and an airbag. An interior space of the airbag is divided into a pelvis portion protecting chamber and a chest portion protecting chamber by a dividing part. A gas ejecting part of the inflator and an opening in the retainer are provided between a fixing end portion of the airbag and an end portion (a connecting portion) of the dividing part which lies a side facing the fixing end portion. A circumferential portion on a wall part which is separate from the opening is made to constitute an interruption wall which interrupts the passage of an inflation gas to the dividing part side, and the interruption wall is provided between the gas ejecting part and the connecting portion. | 08-27-2009 |
20090212540 | CURTAIN AIR BAG DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An air bag comprises inside and outside base fabrics that are stitched to constitute an outer bag that is flat when receiving no gas. The outer bag is formed with a gas inlet opening through which an inflation gas is led into the outer bag to expand the same. The air bag further comprises inside and outside smaller fabrics that are stitched to constitute an inner bag that is installed in the outer bag. Given portions of the inside and outside smaller fabrics are stitched to given portions of the inside and outside base fabrics respectively to form a plurality of narrow auxiliary chambers between the inner bag and the outer bag. | 08-27-2009 |
20090283991 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag | 11-19-2009 |
20090322062 | AIRBAG FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - In an airbag for a motor vehicle, with a flow passage via which two pressure chambers are connected to one another, a flow medium, in particular gas, flows from one pressure chamber through the flow passage into the other pressure chamber in a passage direction. To increase the suitability of the airbag for, for example, side impact loads, the flow passage includes a backflow safeguard that allows the flow medium to flow in the passage direction, whereas the flow of the flow medium in a blocking direction opposite to the passage direction is largely prevented. | 12-31-2009 |
20100001495 | AIRBAG DEVICE - To enhance an occupant restraining force of an airbag, and to improve a protective function for an occupant of an airbag device by discharging gas without fail regardless of a position of the occupant. | 01-07-2010 |
20100013199 | AIRBAG SYSTEM, VEHICLE SEAT COMPRISING AN AIRBAG SYSTEM, AND DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR AN AIRBAG SYSTEM - The invention relates to an airbag system comprising an airbag module, which has an opening mechanism for the airbag tear seam of a seat cover for the airbag accommodated underneath the cover in a non-visible manner, wherein the opening mechanism is configured such that the deploying force of the airbag tears a hole or holes into the tear seam, which bring(s) about a slight opening of the seam according to the physics of a ‘run,’ wherein a strip, or plurality of strips, or strip ends sewn into the airbag tear seam of the seat cover in more than one locations is/are torn from the seam driven by the deploying force of the airbag. The invention further relates to a vehicle seat comprising such an airbag system, and to a deployment method for such an airbag system. | 01-21-2010 |
20100019473 | Airbag system - An airbag module for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion, an inflator to inflate the airbag cushion, a sleeve connected to the airbag cushion and a tether configured to pass through the sleeve. A first end of the tether is anchored to a portion of the airbag cushion, module, or a structure of the vehicle and a second, opposite end of the tether is capable of passing through at least a portion of the sleeve during deployment of the airbag. The tether and sleeve are configured to initially restrain the deployment of the airbag cushion to provide a knee bolster, after which the tether is configured to unlace within the sleeve to release the restraint on the airbag cushion. | 01-28-2010 |
20100025971 | Airbag module - The disclosed airbag device for a vehicle may comprise an airbag and at least one connection member. The airbag may have first and second side surfaces, wherein the first side surface has upper and lower ends. The at least one connection member may connect the lower end of the first side surface to an intermediate position on the first side surface located between the upper and lower ends of the first side surface. | 02-04-2010 |
20100117340 | AIRBAG DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side. | 05-13-2010 |
20100133792 | AIR-BAG WITH GAS DEFLECTOR - A safety airbag arrangement for a vehicle comprises a main airbag having an inlet for connection with an inflator and a gas deflector bag secured within the main airbag, having an inlet in register with the inlet of the main airbag, for connection with the inflator, the gas deflector bag having ventilator holes and the arrangement being such that gas supplied to the airbag arrangement via the inlets by the inflator must first pass into the gas deflector bag, to pass subsequently from the gas deflector bag through the ventilation holes. The wall of the gas deflector bag is secured to the main wall of the main airbag by a plurality of arcuate seams spaced progressively from inlets, to maintain the gas deflector bag in a predetermined position relative to the main airbag when the airbag arrangement is activated. | 06-03-2010 |
20100213692 | AIR BAG AND AIR BAG DEVICE - An airbag and an airbag device, which are capable of readily improving expansion characteristics of the airbag and reducing manufacturing cost, are provided. An airbag | 08-26-2010 |
20100225094 | DUAL CHAMBER AIRBAG CUSHION - An airbag cushion has two chambers to permit the front chamber to inflate less rapidly than the back chamber for cushioning the head of an occupant in a vehicle with less force than the chest of an occupant is cushioned by the back chamber. | 09-09-2010 |
20100225095 | DUAL CHAMBER AIRBAG CUSHIONS WITH A SAFETY VENT IN THE FRONT CHAMBER - An airbag cushion has two chambers to permit the front chamber to inflate less rapidly than the back chamber for cushioning the head of an occupant in a vehicle with less force than the chest of an occupant is cushioned by the back chamber. The front chamber has at least one safety vent. | 09-09-2010 |
20100276915 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag comprises a bag which is bent in the shape of an arrow ‘<’ in a deployed state, and a connection member which is arranged on a side of the bag, facing a vehicle body, and connects the upper and lower ends of the bag with each other. A longitudinal intermediate portion of the bag projects toward a vehicle occupant. A space is defined between the projecting intermediate portion and the connection member. The head of the vehicle occupant initially comes into contact with the intermediate portion and then presses the bag toward the vehicle body. Upper and lower parts of the bag which extend upward and downward from the intermediate portion cooperate with the connection member to define a triangular space. | 11-04-2010 |
20100295277 | SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - A side airbag apparatus deployed between a vehicle compartment sidewall and a vehicle occupant. The airbag has an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a middle chamber formed between the upper and lower chambers. The middle chamber is deployed prior to the timing of deployment of the upper and lower chambers. | 11-25-2010 |
20100295278 | Gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system and method for producing a gas bag module - An gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The gas bag module comprising an inflatable gas bag, an envelope inside of which the gas bag is vacuum packed and which comprises a first and a second material. The first material has a lower gas permeability than the second material and the second material has a higher tear strength than the first material. | 11-25-2010 |
20100308567 | Airbag system - An airbag module for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion, an inflator to inflate the airbag cushion, a sleeve connected to the airbag cushion and a tether configured to pass through the sleeve. A first end of the tether is anchored to a portion of the airbag cushion, module, or a structure of the vehicle and a second, opposite end of the tether is capable of passing through at least a portion of the sleeve during deployment of the airbag. The tether and sleeve are configured to initially restrain the deployment of the airbag cushion to provide a knee bolster, after which the tether is configured to unlace within the sleeve to release the restraint on the airbag cushion. | 12-09-2010 |
20110001307 | Airbag system - An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag including an inflatable portion and an inflator for providing inflation gas for inflating the inflatable portion of the airbag. The airbag includes a non-inflatable portion located within the inflatable portion so that in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle the non-inflatable portion is bounded on both sides by the inflatable portion of the airbag and wherein the non-inflatable portion extends the entire cross vehicle width of the airbag. The airbag is configured to inflate into a position so that a surface of the airbag faces the occupant. The stiffness of the inflatable portion varies along the surface facing the occupant based on a changing distance from the surface to the non-inflatable portion. | 01-06-2011 |
20110001308 | Side airbag apparatus - A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag | 01-06-2011 |
20110049846 | Airbag, in Particular for a Motor Vehicle - An airbag for a motor vehicle, comprises a support structure that can be displaced from a storage position to a restraint position, and a covering which surrounds a restraint volume of the airbag formed by the support structure in its restraint position. At least one connecting element, which extends inside the restraint volume, connects together the hollow bodies of the support structure and/or the surface areas of the covering. | 03-03-2011 |
20110068564 | AIRBAG AND AIRBAG DEVICE - To provide an airbag and an airbag device that is excellent in an impact absorbing force and can efficiently inflate and deploy the airbag. An airbag | 03-24-2011 |
20110074137 | AIRBAG SYSTEM OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - An airbag system of a saddle-ride type vehicle can include an airbag which is configured to be inflated and deployed in front of a rider. The airbag includes a plurality of expansion chambers, with the expansion chambers configured to be different in internal pressure during inflation and deployment. | 03-31-2011 |
20110101655 | Airbag apparatus - An airbag is composed a first airbag which is formed in a manner that a plurality of frame bodies of a substantially same triangle ring shape are horizontally aligned with respective central space portions of the frame bodies communicated with each other and connected with no gap, and a second airbag which is formed in a manner that the central space portions of the air bag body are blocked with blocking members. When the first airbag is deployed and inflated with gas generated by an inflator in a triangle ring shape upon a collision, air from the atmosphere is taken in to the central space portions of the first airbag from check valves and intake-exhaust holes, and the second air bag is deployed and inflated by using the airbag body as an outer frame and retaining the air inside thereof. | 05-05-2011 |
20110140398 | MUSHROOM AIRBAG - A passenger airbag system includes an airbag cushion with an upper airbag chamber and a lower airbag chamber. The front face of the lower airbag chamber has an upper edge joined to the lower face of the upper airbag chamber at a connection region. An upper airbag chamber length is defined as a horizontal distance between the portion of the front face of the upper airbag chamber closest to the passenger and the portion of the mid portion of the instrument panel closest to the passenger. A lower airbag chamber front offset is defined as a horizontal distance between the portion of the front face of the upper airbag chamber closest to the passenger and the connection region. The lower airbag chamber front offset is at least 25% of the upper airbag chamber length. | 06-16-2011 |
20110241317 | AIRBAG AND AIRBAG APPARATUS - In one form, an airbag is provided including an airbag main body formed into a pouch; an inner restricting cloth that comprises a tearable tear line and wraps and restricts the airbag main body that is in a first folded state, folded to achieve bundling toward a predetermined direction, in the bundled direction; and an outer restricting cloth that comprises a tearable tear line and wraps and restricts the airbag main body that is in a second folded state, folded to achieve further bundling from the first folded state toward a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, in the bundled direction further on the outside than the inner restricting cloth. | 10-06-2011 |
20110272927 | AIRBAG FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AIRBAG - An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag comprising a first and a second chamber, which can be inflated for the protection of a vehicle occupant; having an outflow element with an outflow duct via which the gas can flow out of the first chamber when the internal pressure in the first chamber exceeds the internal pressure in the second chamber and which can be compressed under the action of the internal pressure in the second chamber such that an outflow of gas out of the second chamber is counteracted, when the internal pressure in the first chamber is lower than the internal pressure in the second chamber, the outflow element has a two-layer material piece and the outflow duct is formed by folding in a portion of the material piece between the material layers of the material piece. | 11-10-2011 |
20110309603 | Center Airbag Cushion and Center Airbag Module Having the Same - A center airbag cushion installed between left and right seats of a vehicle to protect a passenger from a shock generated by a side collision of the vehicle may include a first chamber part, a second chamber part comprising a left second chamber part and a right second chamber part respectively coupled to left and right sides of an upper end of the first chamber part to fluid-communicate therebetween, and a tension member provided on inner facing surfaces of the left and right second chamber parts, wherein the inner facing surfaces of the left and right second chamber parts face each other with a gap, and wherein the tension member has a rear end extending in a predetermined length rearwards and is fixed to a rear end of the first chamber part or the second chamber part therein. | 12-22-2011 |
20120013106 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag provided with a pocket. An airbag ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120025497 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING GAS PRESSURE IN DUAL-CHAMBER AIRBAG FOR VEHICLES - A system for controlling gas pressure in a dual-chamber airbag for vehicles, may include a cushion unit having an upper chamber and a lower chamber divided by a diaphragm therein, an inflator supplying gas to the upper chamber, and a unidirectional vent control member provided in the diaphragm and supplying the gas inside the upper chamber into the lower chamber in one direction. | 02-02-2012 |
20120080869 | ROOF AIRBAG APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A roof airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an inflator generating pressurized gas, an airbag cushion provided between a roof of a vehicle body and a head-lining to expand downwards towards a passenger who may be sitting on a seat when the pressurized gas may be supplied to the airbag cushion from the inflator, and a support panel provided on a lower portion of the airbag cushion to contact and screen the passenger's face when the airbag cushion expands. | 04-05-2012 |
20120091695 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH A SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A safety device for a vehicle seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat has a backrest that extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the backrest having at least one lateral region and an upper region from which a headrest extends. Arranged on the backrest is a side airbag device with at least one inflator and a side airbag. The side airbag has a thorax section ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120104733 | PASSENGER AIRBAG MODULE - A passenger airbag module includes a housing, an inflator generating gas pressure according to a control signal of an electronic control unit, and an airbag cushion folded in the housing such that the airbag cushion is expanded in the form of a dual chamber. The airbag cushion is provided therein with a tether having a rectangular shape corresponding to a sectional shape of the airbag cushion. The tether is installed in the transverse direction to divide the airbag cushion into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. Transfer holes are formed at edges of the tether. In the passenger airbag module, the upper chamber is primarily expanded by concentrating gas flow into the upper chamber to instantly deploy the airbag cushion in the proper position, thereby safely protecting the occupants. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112441 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device equipped with an airbag having a reduced volume. An airbag inflated and expanded, by supplied gas, from a state folded in the rear of an instrument panel with respect to the vehicle's front-rear direction has an outer bag for restraining the upper body of a vehicle occupant from the front side in the vehicle's front-rear direction and also has a reaction force support tube inflated and expanded, by supplied gas, at the front on the inner side of the outer airbag. An inflator supplies gas to each of the outer bag and the reaction force support tube. When the outer bag restrains the upper body of the vehicle occupant, gas discharge from the reaction force support tube is suppressed by a one-way valve and the pressure in the reaction force support tube is maintained at a pressure higher than the pressure in the outer bag. | 05-10-2012 |
20120119475 | CENTER AIRBAG MODULE FOR VEHICLE - A center airbag module for a vehicle, may include a center console provided between a pair of seats, and an airbag cushion provided in the center console to be deployed in the event of a side collision, and having a lower chamber configured to support a body of a passenger, and an upper chamber including a left chamber and a right chamber which fluid-branch from an upper end of the lower chamber and configured to protect a head of the passenger. | 05-17-2012 |
20120193896 | REDUCED VOLUME AIR BAG - An apparatus ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120217730 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION APPARATUS AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION METHOD - A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag that can form a plurality of chambers with a single inflator and protects an occupant from an impact on a side door by deploying the airbag between the occupant and the side door. The chambers of the airbag includes a vehicle sidewall chamber that can be deployed around a shoulder region of the occupant and a compartment chamber that is disposed closer to the inner side of an occupant compartment in the vehicle width direction than the vehicle sidewall chamber and can be deployed around a chest region of the occupant. | 08-30-2012 |
20120248745 | SIDE AIRBAG FOR VEHICLES - A side airbag for a vehicle may include an inflator provided on a seat side frame in a seat of the vehicle, a first cushion part installed in a seat side pad mounted on the seat side frame, wherein the first cushion part covers the seat side frame and may be fluid-connected to the inflator so that when the inflator may be operated, the first cushion part inflates inside the seat side pad to push an occupant sideways, and a second cushion part integrally connected to the first cushion part so that when gas may be supplied from the inflator into the second cushion part via the first cushion part, the second cushion part protrudes out of the seat side pad to protect a side portion of a body of the occupant. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248746 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE AND METHOD OF SEWING SIDE AIRBAG - A side airbag device has: a side airbag that inflates and expands at a time of a side collision, and that has a lower chamber (high pressure chamber), and an upper chamber (low pressure chamber), the high pressure chamber and the low pressure chamber being formed by base cloths (a lower base cloth, an upper base cloth) that are respectively separate bodies; an inflator; a partitioning wall that is formed by a portion of the lower base cloth, and that divides the lower chamber and the upper chamber; and a check valve that is provided at a partial region of the partitioning wall, and that is provided convexly toward the lower chamber side when the side airbag is not inflated, and that permits flowing of the gas for inflation from the upper chamber side to the lower chamber side, and restricts flowing of gas in a direction opposite thereto. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248747 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - Provided is a side airbag device such that locally high stress is prevented from being generated at the sewn portion between panels by high temperature and pressure gas. An inner panel is folded in half, and the upper edges thereof are sewn together by a seam so as to form an inner bag. This inner bag is placed on an outer panel, the outer panel is folded in half, and the periphery thereof is sewn by a seam. An inflator equipped with a distributor is inserted into the inner bag through openings and, and a gas jetting portion is disposed in the immediate vicinity of a communication opening. | 10-04-2012 |
20120256399 | AIRCRAFT AIRBAG, AIRBAG DEVICE, AND AIRCRAFT - Provided are an aircraft airbag that inflates across a plurality of seats, an airbag device including this airbag, and an aircraft equipped with this airbag device. The airbag has a bag main body extending across three seats and in the left-right direction of the aircraft body, and partition panels that partition the inside of the bag main body into small chambers and corresponding to the seats. Gas from the inflator flows into the small chamber in the middle, and flows into the small chambers through the communication portions above and below the partition panels. When occupants are caught and thereby the pressures in the small chambers reach a predetermined value or more, vent holes open. | 10-11-2012 |
20120256400 | Side Airbag Apparatus for a Vehicle - In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides a side airbag apparatus for a vehicle having a seat with a back rest part and a hinge mechanism. The side airbag includes an inner sleeve forming a separation element defining one of a front airbag chamber and a rear airbag chamber within the side airbag. A connecting passage connects the front and a rear airbag chambers adjacent a lower extremity of the separation element. An attaching portion provided on the rear portion of the rear airbag chamber attaches the side airbag to the backrest part. An inflator proximate the attaching portion injects gas into the rear airbag chamber which flows through the connecting passage into the front airbag chamber. | 10-11-2012 |
20120299275 | CURTAIN AIRBAG SYSTEM - A curtain airbag of a curtain airbag system includes a gas supply passage that extends in a longitudinal direction in an upper portion of the airbag and guides gas from an inflator toward the front of the vehicle, a front main chamber deployed downward in the event of a side impact or rollover when supplied with gas from the gas supply passage, a front auxiliary chamber deployed when supplied with gas from the gas supply passage or the front main chamber at least in the event of rollover, and an uninflatable portion (gas-flow guide portion) that blocks forward gas flow at a front side of a gas passage communicating with the gas supply passage and the front main chamber, and guides the gas to the front main chamber. | 11-29-2012 |
20130020787 | AIRBAG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN AIRBAG - The invention relates to an airbag ( | 01-24-2013 |
20130087996 | Restraint Device, in Particular for a Motor Vehicle - A restraint device for a motor vehicle includes a support structure with a plurality of structural elements in which the support structure can be moved from a stowage position into a restraint position. The restraint device also includes a covering by means of which a restraint volume formed by the support structure in its restraint position is surrounded. At least one support element is provided by means of which at least one of the structural elements of the support structure is held in a predetermined form and/or position at least in the restraint position. | 04-11-2013 |
20130093167 | AIR BAG HAVING A SLIT IN A BORDER REGION - An air bag ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130093168 | Airbag Comprising at Least a First Sidewall and a Second Sidewall and at Least One Retaining Strap - A motor vehicle passenger restraint airbag with a first side wall and a second side wall which encloses a gas-filled compartment and at least one catch strap which extends through the gas-filled compartment from the first side wall to the second side wall. In order to facilitate production, each side wall has at least two sections connected to each other, whereby each of the sections is part of a one-piece blank each of which has two sections of which a first section is a section of the first wall and a second section is a section of the second side wall. At least one of the blanks has a third section which connects the first and second section to each other and which forms the catch strap. | 04-18-2013 |
20130134694 | CURTAIN AIRBAG - A curtain airbag mitigating possible occupant ejection from a vehicle. The curtain airbag includes a serial main chamber that is capable of being inflated and deployed along a vehicle cabin side face; a delay chamber that is positioned at a front end section of the serial main chamber and that is inflated and deployed so as to overlap an A | 05-30-2013 |
20130200597 | SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag includes a check valve in a communication passage connecting a lumbar-region-protecting inflatable portion and a shoulder-protecting inflatable portion. The check valve restricts outflow of inflation gas from the lumbar-region-protecting inflatable portion to the shoulder-protecting inflatable portion. A pressure regulation valve, which has an internal opening and a pair of valve body elements, is provided in a partitioning member between the shoulder-protecting inflatable portion and a thorax-protecting inflatable portion. Before an occupant is restrained by the shoulder-protecting inflatable portion, the valve body elements are pressed and contact with each other by inflation gas in the shoulder-protecting inflatable portion, thereby restricting flow of inflation gas at the internal opening. When the occupant is restrained by the shoulder-protecting inflatable portion, the valve body elements are flexed and separated from each other by external force applied following the restraining, thereby permitting flow of inflation gas at the internal opening. | 08-08-2013 |
20130234421 | SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - A side airbag apparatus includes an inflator, which generates inflation gas in response to an impact applied from a side of a seat of a vehicle, an airbag, which is deployed and inflated forward with inflation gas on a side of an occupant seated in the seat, and an accommodating portion, which accommodates the airbag folded into an accommodation state. The airbag in the accommodation state is formed through first and second folding operations in a state where the airbag is deployed but not inflated. In the first folding operation, an upper portion of the airbag is folded downward. In the second folding operation, which is after the first folding operation, the airbag is folded rearward from front. | 09-12-2013 |
20130307254 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An object is to prevent an airbag from bursting out toward an occupant and to inflate and deploy the airbag in a stable manner. An inner bag ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130313809 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An object is to prevent an airbag from bursting out toward an occupant and to inflate and deploy the airbag in a stable manner. An inner bag ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130328293 | AIR BAG - An object of the present invention is to provide an air bag having a mechanical characteristic durable against the gas of high output and high temperature generated from an inflator which has been compacted in recent years while reducing amount of the gas leaked from sewn part of the air bag. | 12-12-2013 |
20140042732 | VEHICLE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle curtain airbag device is provided including: a curtain airbag including a main chamber that inflates and deploys to a vehicle width direction inside of a driving-seat-side side window due to being supplied with gas from an inflator installed to a vehicle, a delay chamber that is provided at a vehicle front-rear direction front side of the main chamber, and that completes inflation and deployment later than the main chamber upon receipt of the gas supply, and a sub chamber that is disposed on the vehicle width direction inside of the main chamber and that inflates and deploys so as to block off a gap formed between the main chamber and a driver's seat airbag that is inflated and deployed from a steering wheel; and a controller that inflates and deploys the driver's seat airbag and actuates the inflator in the event of a small overlap collision. | 02-13-2014 |
20140084571 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - Inside of an airbag is partitioned by a partitioning member into an upstream inflation portion, which is inflated by a supply of gas, and a downstream inflation portion, which is inflated by inflow of the gas from the upstream inflation portion. The partitioning member includes a wide portion where an external force to be applied accompanying an occupant restraint by the airbag becomes largest. In the partitioning member, slits are formed at portions other than the wide portion. The slits cause the gas to flow into the downstream inflation portion from the upstream inflation portion upon the inflation of the airbag. The slits are opened by the force to increase the flow rate of the gas into the downstream inflation portion from the upstream inflation portion during the occupant restraint by the airbag compared to the gas flow rate before the occupant restraint by the airbag. | 03-27-2014 |
20140117650 | GAS BAG FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GAS BAG - A gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The gas bag comprises a first and a second gas bag layer which define an inflatable chamber of the gas bag. The first gas bag layer includes a first portion with an opening for at least partly introducing a gas generator and a second portion which is folded over towards the first portion and is connected with the first portion, so that the first and the second portion of the first gas bag layer form a receiving region for receiving a gas generator. | 05-01-2014 |
20140183846 | VEHICLE SEAT PROVIDED WITH SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A seat back board made from resin is fitted to side frames of a seatback frame from a seat rear side. A seat width direction outer side portion of the seat back board is integrally formed with a case portion that houses a side airbag device that is fixed to an outside face of the side frame. The presence of a side wall portion of the case portion suppresses a side airbag from expanding towards the seatback outside in a ball shape during initial inflation. | 07-03-2014 |
20140197620 | MULTI-CHAMBER DRIVER AIRBAGS - A driver airbag can be deployed from a steering wheel of a vehicle. The airbag can include a first inflatable chamber and a second inflatable chamber that can be deployed adjacent to the first inflatable chamber. The airbag can further include a one-way valve that controls inflation gas movement relative to at least the first inflatable chamber. | 07-17-2014 |
20140265268 | CURTAIN AIRBAG FOR SMALL OVERLAP - An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first protection zone and a second protection zone that inflates forward of the first protection zone to provide enhanced protection. The second protection zone may be double-folded against the first protection zone so that, during deployment, the second protection zone pivots to unfold relative to the first protection zone. The airbag assembly may have a restraint member in the form of a forward tether or a first tether secured to the forward tether such that the restraint member exerts outboard force on the second protection zone during deployment to help control deployment of the second protection zone. Portions of the first and second protection zones may be fold-over sewn together to control the angle at which the second protection zone unfolds relative to the first protection zone. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284905 | AIRBAG DEVICE - When an inner bag is inflated inside an outer bag, impact on an occupant received by an airbag is reduced. An inner bag ( | 09-25-2014 |
20140291972 | KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - Axial forces on the shins of small-bodied occupants and medium-bodied occupants may be suppressed or prevented, and protective performance of the knee areas of large-bodied occupants is assured. A vehicle knee airbag device is equipped with a knee airbag main body portion that is formed in a thin bag shape and that inflates and expands from below to above along a design surface of an instrument panel floor when gas is supplied thereto. A protection portion of the knee airbag main body portion has a size capable of covering both knees of an occupant, from small-bodied occupants to large-bodied occupants. A U-shaped lower tether is disposed in an upper portion of the interior of the protection portion; vertical direction dividing portions of the lower tether extend to the upward side from portions that correspond with both knees of medium-bodied occupants. | 10-02-2014 |
20140300088 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat that can effectively restrain a passenger from moving outward in a vehicle width direction in the event of a collision of a vehicle is obtained. The vehicle seat disclosed is equipped with a pop-up bar that is supported displaceably upward, an MGG that is operated to displace the pop-up bar upward, a tension cloth that is connected on an upper end side thereof to the pop-up bar and on a lower end side thereof to a front end side of a seat cushion, and a lateral collision ECU that operates the MGG in a case where a lateral collision of the vehicle is detected or predicted. The tension cloth is deployed such that a tensile force is applied between a connection portion thereof to the pop-up bar and a connection portion thereof to the seat cushion as the pop-up bar is displaced to a popped-up position. | 10-09-2014 |
20140306433 | Two-Way Valve For Multi-Chambered Airbags - An airbag includes at least one panel defining an interior of the airbag, and a divider positioned in the interior so as to divide the interior into a first chamber and a second chamber. The divider includes at least one divider opening enabling fluid communication between the first and second chambers. A valve mechanism is operatively coupled to the divider and has a first cover structured to restrict gas flow from the second chamber into the divider opening. The first cover has an opening. A second cover is attached to the first cover and is structured to restrict gas flow through the first cover opening in a direction from the first chamber toward the second chamber. | 10-16-2014 |
20140361520 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH INTERNAL CUSHION AIRBAG APPARATUS - A vehicle seat with a built-in cushion airbag device includes an inflator that produces gas by being activated; and a cushion airbag that is divided by a tether into a plurality of inflating portions including at least a rear-side inflating portion arranged on a seat lower side of a rear portion of a seat cushion, and a front-side inflating portion arranged to a seat front side of the rear-side inflating portion, and that inflates toward a seat upper side, with the front-side inflating portion becoming higher than the rear-side inflating portion, by the gas produced by the inflator being supplied. | 12-11-2014 |
20140375032 | DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG SYSTEM - A driver seat airbag system includes: an airbag that receives a supply of gas for inflation during a collision of a vehicle and is inflated and deployed between a steering wheel and an occupant in a driver seat; an inner bag that has a smaller capacity than the airbag, receives the supply of gas for inflation during the collision of the vehicle, and is inflated and deployed to the outside in a radial direction of a rim in a position on a rim side of the steering wheel in the airbag; and a check valve that inhibits outflow of the gas in the inner bag that is inflated and deployed to the airbag. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375033 | ROOF AIRBAG DEVICE AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - A roof airbag device includes a roof airbag housed in a part that includes a front end side in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a center part in a vehicle width direction of a roof. The roof airbag includes: a front deployed part that is deployed in front in a vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to an occupant such that a lower end side in a vehicle up-and-down direction overlaps with an instrument panel in an up-and-down direction in a rear view; a rear deployed part that is at least partially deployed between right and left seats; and a thin deployed part that is deployed in a state connected with the front deployed part and the rear deployed part and surrounded by these deployed part, and in non-inflation or in inflation at a thickness thinner than an inflation width of the inflated and deployed part in a vehicle width direction. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375034 | DELAYED VENTING IN A CURTAIN AIRBAG - An airbag, or inflatable curtain airbag assembly, can include one or more chambers and vents. The vents can be in fluid communication with one or more of the chambers. The vents can be configured to delay passage of inflation gas from an interior of the airbag into an interior chamber or to an exterior of the airbag upon deployment of the airbag. The vents can also be configured to transition from a closed configuration to an open configuration when an internal pressure of the airbag reaches a predetermined value. | 12-25-2014 |
20150021887 | SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag main body is divided into a first inflation chamber, a second inflation chamber, and a third inflation chamber. The third inflation chamber is inflated beside the lumbar region of an occupant. The vertical partition has a communication hole that connects the first inflation chamber and the second inflation chamber to each other. The airbag main body has a gas passage, which extends in the up-down direction and surrounds at least the gas outlet of an inflator. The gas passage bridges the first inflation chamber and the third inflation chamber. The gas passage has an upper opening, which faces a part of the first inflation chamber that is inflated beside the shoulder region of the occupant. The gas passage also has a lower opening, which faces the third inflation chamber. | 01-22-2015 |
20150035262 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In an inflated and expanded state of a side airbag, a forwardly extending portion, provided at an upper portion of a rear side bag portion, extends from a side of a shoulder portion of a seated passenger toward a vehicle front side and is disposed above a front side bag portion. A dimension in a vehicle transverse direction of this forwardly extending portion is set to be smaller than that of the front side bag portion, and a vehicle transverse direction inner side surface at an upper end side of the front side bag portion is inclined or curved so as to rise-up while heading toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side. An upper arm portion is pushed-up due to sliding contact with this surface. Even when the seated passenger inertially toward an oblique front of a vehicle, the shoulder portion can be restrained by the forwardly extending portion . | 02-05-2015 |
20150035263 | Dual Chambered Passenger Airbag - An airbag includes an outer shell defining an interior of the airbag, and a divider positioned in the interior so as to divide the interior into a first chamber and a second chamber. A valve mechanism is operatively coupled to the divider. The valve mechanism includes an opening enabling fluid communication between the first and second chambers, and a flap positioned in the second chamber overlying the opening. The flap is structured to deflect in a direction away from the opening responsive to a pressure differential urging a flow of gas from the first chamber through the opening into the second chamber. The flap is also structured to block the opening responsive to a reverse pressure differential urging a flow of gas from the second chamber through the opening into the first chamber. The flap includes at least one attachment edge along which the flap is attached to the divider and at least one non-attachment edge along which the flap is not attached to the divider. The valve is structured such that at least a predetermined minimum distance between the at least one non-attachment edge and an edge of the opening is maintained during application of the reverse pressure differential to the flap. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042080 | Dual Chambered Passenger Airbag - An airbag includes an outer shell defining an interior of the airbag, and a divider positioned in the interior so as to divide the interior into a first chamber and a second chamber. The divider includes a body portion and at least one flap attached to the body portion along an edge. The divider is attached to the outer shell so as to form a gas-tight seal between the outer shell and the body portion and so as to form a gas flow passage between the at least one flap and the outer shell. | 02-12-2015 |
20150048602 | SIDE AIRBAG MODULE FOR VEHICLE - A side airbag module for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion and an inflator to supply gas to the airbag cushion to deploy the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes first and second regions to protect a shoulder and a chest of an occupant, respectively, and, when the airbag cushion is initially deployed by driving of the inflator, the first region pushes the shoulder of the occupant toward an interior of a vehicle so that a portion of load applied from the second region to the chest of the occupant is moved to the shoulder of the occupant. When the airbag cushion is initially deployed due to vehicle collision, the shoulder of the occupant is pushed toward the interior of the vehicle to move the load applied to the chest of the occupant to the shoulder of the occupant, thereby minimizing the injury degree of the occupant. | 02-19-2015 |
20150061267 | VEHICLE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG WITH LATERALLY EXTENDING THORACIC CHAMBER - A vehicle side impact airbag has an inflator, a main inflatable chamber disposed for contact with the side arm of the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a separate laterally extending thoracic chamber in metered fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag extending laterally into the passenger compartment. The laterally extending thoracic chamber of the airbag is disposed for contact with the lower thoracic region of the vehicle occupant below the occupant side arm when inflated, whereby the side airbag simultaneously engages the occupant lower thoracic region and side arm when inflated. | 03-05-2015 |
20150076801 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A side airbag device for vehicle includes: a gas generator that is disposed in a seat cushion side part in a vehicular seat and generates a gas for inflation and deployment by actuation; and a side airbag in which the inside thereof is partitioned into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a up-down dividing tether having a connecting hole and the gas from the gas generator is supplied to the lower chamber. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084316 | HEAD PROTECTION AIRBAG APPARATUS - In a head protection airbag apparatus, an airbag includes an airbag body and a tension cloth. The airbag body has an end side inflation portion which is arranged in an end portion on the tension cloth side. The end side inflation portion is divided from other general inflation sections in the airbag body by a division portion. The tension cloth is in an arranged state so as to cover an inner vehicle side of the end side inflation portion, allows the base portion side to be joined to an front edge side of the end side inflation portion, is inserted into a slit formed in the division portion while being inverted so as to cover an outer vehicle side of the end side inflation portion, and allows the leading end side to be fixed to the vehicle body side. | 03-26-2015 |
20150091278 | SEAT-MOUNTED AIRBAG APPARATUS AND VEHICLE SEAT - A seat-mounted airbag apparatus includes an inflator that is provided in a vehicle seat and generates gas by being activated; a shoulder airbag that is formed in a long bag shape and is housed in one side portion of a seatback of the vehicle seat, with one longitudinal end portion being fixed to a seatback frame, the shoulder airbag inflating and deploying by the gas being supplied there into, and extending from an upper end portion of the side portion toward a vehicle front side; and an expanding member that expands between the inflated and deployed shoulder airbag and the seatback frame, and that opposes one shoulder of a seated occupant from a side, and keeps the other longitudinal end portion of the shoulder airbag in a position opposing the one shoulder from the front. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091279 | Dual-Chambered Passenger Airbag - An airbag includes an outer shell defining an interior, at least one vent opening structured to enable fluid communication between the interior and an exterior of the airbag, and a divider dividing the airbag interior into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The divider is deflectable in a first direction toward the lower chamber and in a second direction toward the upper chamber. A vent cover is coupled to the at least one vent opening and to the divider so as to close over and restrict a flow of gas through the at least one vent opening when the divider is deflected in the first direction, and so as to permit the vent cover to open so as to enable an unobstructed flow of gas through the at least one vent opening when the divider is deflected in the second direction. | 04-02-2015 |
20150097359 | 3-LAYER "C" SHAPED SIDE AIRBAG - An airbag assembly may include an airbag with a first fabric panel, a second fabric panel attached to the first fabric panel, and a third fabric panel attached to the second fabric panel. The first and second fabric panels may define a first inflatable cushion and the second and third fabric panels may define a C-shaped second inflatable cushion. Upon deployment, the first inflatable cushion may have a first pressure and the second inflatable cushion may have a second pressure greater than the first pressure. Further, the first inflatable cushion may be positioned directly outboard of the thoracic region and the second inflatable cushion may be positioned directly outboard of the acromial region and the coxal region, but not the thoracic region, to provide gentler cushioning for the thoracic region. | 04-09-2015 |
20150102589 | MULTI-WRAP AIRBAGS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods, apparatus, and systems for packing or deploying airbag cushions, such as driver side airbag cushions, to improve unfolding kinematics and/or otherwise improve performance. In some implementations of methods for packing an airbag cushion, a first portion of an airbag cushion may be compressed and then secured in a compressed configuration using a first wrap. A second portion of the airbag cushion may then be compressed and secured in a second compressed configuration using a second wrap. The resulting airbag cushion assembly may be configured to separate the wraps sequentially, rather than simultaneously, during inflation of the airbag cushion. | 04-16-2015 |
20150137492 | MULTI-STAGE AIRBAG IN VEHICLE WITH RECONFIGURABLE - A steering wheel is locatable between an operational position at a driver seat of a vehicle and a stowed position in the vehicle. A first airbag is coupled to the steering wheel, and a multi-stage airbag laterally overlaps the driver seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle next to the driver seat. A controller includes instructions for detecting a frontal collision, locating the steering wheel, deploying the first airbag at the driver seat and the multi-stage airbag at the passenger seat when the steering wheel is in the operational position, and deploying the multi-stage airbag at the driver and passenger seats when the steering wheel is in the stowed position. | 05-21-2015 |
20150137493 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle side airbag device includes: an inflator for generating gas by activation; a bag body provided in a side portion of a seatback of a vehicle seat and configured to be inflated and deployed toward a vehicle front side relative to the side portion when the gas is supplied thereinside; and a partition portion partitioning the bag body into a front bag portion and a rear bag portion to be inflated at a higher pressure than the front bag portion and having a thicker inflation width in a vehicle width direction than that of the front bag portion, the partition portion being overlapping with a central part of a shoulder of a sitting occupant in an inflated and deployed state in a side view. | 05-21-2015 |
20150145234 | WRAP AROUND SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first chamber and a second chamber that inflates forward of the first chamber. The second chamber may be separated from the first chamber by a non-inflating region. The non-inflating region may have a width selected such that in-plane bending of the inflatable curtain occurs during deployment. The in-plane bending may position the second chamber lower than the first chamber such that the second chamber overlaps a significant portion of a door adjacent to the inflatable curtain. Forward and rearward portions of the non-inflating region may be attached together to form a fold that decreases the width of the non-inflating region, thereby enhancing the in-plane bending. The second chamber may also bend out-of-plane relative to the first chamber to help provide protection in small overlap collision situations. | 05-28-2015 |
20150298643 | MULTI-CHAMBER AIRBAG WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL VENT - An airbag can include a first cushion portion that defines a first inflatable chamber and a second cushion portion that is connected to the first cushion portion and defines a second inflatable chamber. The first inflatable chamber can receive inflation gas from an inflator to expand the first cushion portion and the second cushion portion can receive inflation gas from the first inflatable chamber to expand the second cushion portion. A unidirectional valve permits inflation gas to flow from the first inflatable chamber to the second inflatable chamber and restricts backflow of inflation gas from the second inflatable chamber to the first inflatable chamber. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298644 | AIRBAG COMPRISING TWO CHAMBERS AND A GAS FLOW CHANNEL CONNECTING THE TWO CHAMBERS WITH A VALVE BEING LOCATED IN THE GAS FLOW CHANNEL - An airbag includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a gas flow channel connecting the two chambers. A valve is located inside the gas flow channel allows an unthrottled gas stream from the first chamber to the second chamber when a pressure inside the first chamber is higher than a pressure in the second chamber and blocks or throttles the gas stream through the gas flow channel when the pressure inside the second chamber is higher than in the first chamber. The valve includes a two-layered inlay extending from a first end pointing towards the first chamber to a second end pointing towards the second chamber. The two-layered inlay is connected to the gas flow channel at its first end via at least two connecting points being remote from each other. In order to make the manufacture of the airbag very easy and in order to provide a construction that allows the possibility of a defined throttling of the gas flow in the gas flow direction opposite to the unthrottled gas flow direction, a connection free area in which at least one layer of the two-layered inlay is without connection to the gas flow channel, is provided between the two connecting points and the two layers of the two-layered inlay are at least partially connected to each other in the area of the first end. | 10-22-2015 |
20150307054 | CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE AND OCCUPANT PROTECTING DEVICE - A curtain airbag device comprising: a main deploying portion that, at a time when at least one of a small overlap impact or an oblique impact arises, receives a supply of gas and expands, and is deployed in a shape of a curtain along a side window glass; an auxiliary deploying portion that is provided at a front side with respect to the main deploying portion, and that, at a time of at least one of a small overlap impact or an oblique impact, receives a supply of gas and is expanded and deployed; and a tension structure that connects a front end side portion of a front pillar and a rear end side portion of the front pillar, and that is deployed while receiving tension such that an intermediate portion of the tension structure passes by a vehicle width direction outer side of the auxiliary deploying portion. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307056 | PASSENGER AIRBAG WITH EXTENDED BASE - An airbag module for a vehicle includes an inflator disposed behind an instrument panel and an airbag arrangement. The airbag arrangement includes a cushion section configured to receive an occupant during impact and a balloon section disposed proximate a base of the cushion section and adjacent the instrument panel such that, upon inflation, the balloon section contacts and pushes against the instrument panel. This forms a swell on the cushion section adjacent to the balloon section configured to hinder movement of the occupant toward the balloon section. | 10-29-2015 |
20150321638 | AIRBAG AND AIRBAG DEVICE - To provide an airbag and an airbag device that can keep the internal pressure of the airbag in the initial stage of inflation and deployment high. An airbag includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber includes a nozzle forming a flow path capable of communicating with the second chamber, and a tether connecting the inner surface of the nozzle and the inner surface of the first chamber. During the inflation and deployment of the first chamber, the supply of gas to the second chamber is prevented by retracting the nozzle into the first chamber. After the first chamber is expelled into the cabin and when a predetermined external pressure is loaded on the first chamber, the nozzle is expelled into the second chamber so as to allow gas to be supplied to the second chamber. | 11-12-2015 |
20150336532 | AIRBAG MODULE - The present invention provides an airbag module including: a main cushion which is expanded by inflow gas; an auxiliary chamber which is provided at one side of the main cushion; and an active vent which is provided between the main cushion and the auxiliary chamber, selectively forms a vent in accordance with an operation of an operating unit, and allows the main cushion and the auxiliary chamber to communicate with each other, and has an effect in that a problem with an excessive decrease in internal pressure due to an active vent may be improved, and as a result, injury to a head or a neck of an occupant may be reduced when an airbag is operated. | 11-26-2015 |
20150343986 | DUAL CUSHION AIRBAG WITH INDEPENDENT INFLATION - An airbag assembly can comprise an inflation assembly to inflate a first airbag and a second airbag to deploy from a housing. The first airbag and the second airbag can receive inflation gas from the inflation assembly and deploy from a common housing. The inflation assembly can comprise a first inflator coupled to the first airbag and a second inflator coupled to the second airbag. Alternatively, the inflation assembly may comprise a dual-stage inflator coupled to each of the first airbag and the second airbag and configured to inflate each of the first airbag and the second airbag independently. A panel can couple together the first airbag and the second airbag. | 12-03-2015 |
20150353045 | SIDE AIRBAG FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A side airbag for motor vehicles is provided. The side airbag comprises a gas bag which is to be arranged as intended on a vehicle seat, so that, in order to protect a vehicle occupant situated on the vehicle seat, it can be deployed laterally beside the vehicle occupant, and a gas generator for filling the gas bag with a gas, so that the same deploys. The gas bag and the gas generator are configured and provided to be arranged on the vehicle seat such that in the deployed state the gas bag supports itself on a backrest frame of the vehicle seat. | 12-10-2015 |
20150360638 | WRAP-AROUND AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cushion chamber between any occupant and the vehicle structure. | 12-17-2015 |
20150367806 | VEHICULAR SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A side airbag, a rear bag portion in which an inflator is provided is inflated and deployed earlier than a front bag portion so the internal pressure in the rear bag portion is higher than that in the front bag portion. Thus, while a shoulder and rear portions of a chest and abdomen, which have a relatively high load tolerance, are restrained by the rear bag portion early, the front portions of the chest and abdomen, which have a relatively low load tolerance, are softly restrained by the front bag portion. In addition, a waist having load tolerance higher than that of the shoulder, the chest, and the abdomen of the seated occupant is restrained by a lower bag portion. When the internal pressure in the lower bag portion is increased, gas from the lower bag portion to the rear bag portion is restricted by a check valve. | 12-24-2015 |
20150375709 | DUAL CHAMBERED PASSENGER AIRBAG - An airbag includes at least one panel defining an interior of the airbag, and a divider positioned in the interior so as to divide the interior into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A valve mechanism is operatively coupled to the divider for restricting a flow of gases from the lower chamber into the upper chamber. The valve mechanism is structured such that an actuation response time of the valve in attenuating or impeding gas flow from the lower chamber into the upper chamber is proportional to the pressure differential between the upper and lower chambers. | 12-31-2015 |
20160001732 | Curtain Airbag - A curtain airbag capable of applying tension in a vertical direction to improve occupant ejection mitigation performance. The curtain airbag is housed in an upper portion of a side surface inside a vehicle cabin and deployed along the side surface. The curtain airbag includes: a main chamber having a protection area for the occupant, and receiving an inflation gas and being inflated along a side window of a vehicle; a first chamber that overlaps an upper edge of the side window of the vehicle, the first chamber extends by being deployed toward an upper side of the main chamber along the upper portion of the side surface inside the vehicle cabin. The main chamber includes a second chamber positioned in a below portion of the first chamber to overlap the vehicle beltline upon deployment. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001734 | Knee Airbag - A knee airbag having an inlet opening ( | 01-07-2016 |
20160009244 | Dual Chambered Passenger Airbag | 01-14-2016 |
20160031404 | CURTAIN AIRBAG AND CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE - A curtain airbag includes a curtain airbag main body and a tie panel. The tie panel is arranged on an opposite-interior surface of the curtain airbag main body and is connected to the curtain airbag main body at upper and lower portions of the tie panel. The curtain airbag main body includes first and second panels. At an overlapping area of the curtain main body and the tie panel, the first and second panels are coupled with each other by linear coupling portions which are radially extend toward four directions so as to form four inflation portions. A communication portion communicates two of the four inflation portions with each other. When the curtain airbag main body is inflated, a space is formed between the communication portion and the tie panel. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031408 | AIRBAG SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An airbag system for a vehicle may include: an inflator; a cushion unfolded by gas supplied from the inflator so as to protect a passenger; a variable hole formed in the cushion so as to discharge gas; and an adjusting unit mounted on the cushion and opening/closing the variable hole according to how much the cushion is unfolded. | 02-04-2016 |
20160039383 | DOUBLE FOLD AND ROLL CUSHIONS FOR IC - An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first protection zone and a second protection zone that inflates forward or rearward of the first protection zone to provide enhanced protection. The second protection zone may be double-folded against the first protection zone so that, during deployment, the second protection zone pivots to unfold relative to the first protection zone. Attachment features such as tack stitching may be used to secure the folded portions together. The tack stitching may be designed to break during deployment of the airbag such that the first protection zone inflates first, followed by a proximal portion of the second protection zone, and then by a distal portion of the second protection zone. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039384 | VEHICLE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle curtain airbag device that includes: front and rear main chambers that receive gas supplied from an inflator, and that inflate and deploy between respective positions of heads of a front seat occupant and a rear seat occupant, and a side section of a vehicle body; and a delay chamber that is provided spanning between the front and rear main chambers, and that is only supplied with gas through a gas supply opening formed at a boundary between the delay chamber and the main chamber on a front side. | 02-11-2016 |
20160046253 | AIRBAG FOR KNEE AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag for a knee airbag apparatus which is rapidly deployed upward along a shape of an instrument panel includes a front panel; and a rear panel coupled to the front panel to form an inflation chamber. The front panel neighbors to the instrument panel and the rear panel neighbors to knees of a passenger when the airbag is inflated. The rear panel includes a wrinkle portion which is deployed at a position corresponding to a housing connecting portion to which the instrument panel and a rear end of the housing neighbor when the airbag is inflated, so that an additional inflation chamber is formed. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046254 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT - An airbag housed in the housing and inflatable with an inflation gas for deployment rearward in order to protect a passenger in a front passenger seat. The airbag includes a main bag section that includes at its rear surface a front-collision arresting plane for catching the passenger upon a frontal collision, and an auxiliary bag section that includes an oblique-collision arresting section protruding rearward relative to the main bag section. The oblique-collision arresting section includes on its lateral an oblique-collision arresting plane for catching a head of the passenger upon an oblique collision. The oblique-collision arresting section is a high-pressure section which has a higher internal pressure than the main bag section when inflated. The airbag further includes in a front region of the auxiliary bag section a low-pressure section that is in gas communication with the main bag section and partitioned from the high-pressure section by a partition wall. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046255 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - Disclosed is and airbag apparatus including an inflator which generates gas; an airbag which has a first expandable portion that is coupled to the inflator and inflated when gas flows into the first expandable portion, and a second expandable portion that is inflated by gas discharged from the first expandable portion; and a partition wall which is disposed in the airbag to divide the airbag in a left and right direction into the first expandable portion and the second expandable portion, and has a communicating hole through which gas in the first expandable portion is discharged into the second expandable portion. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046257 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT - An airbag includes a main bag section which protrudes rearward out of a housing and deploys in front of a front passenger seat and a center bag section which deploys toward an inboard direction from the main bag section in a width direction of the vehicle and in front of a space between the front passenger seat and a driver's seat in such a manner as to extend rearward from a side of the housing. A rear end region of the center bag section is deployable rearward relative to the main bag section. The airbag further includes an outer tether which extends outside of the airbag from a front end region of the center bag section and is connected to a vicinity of the housing by a leading end of the outer tether. | 02-18-2016 |
20160052476 | VEHICLE AIRBAG APPENDAGE - An airbag includes a primary portion and a secondary portion. The primary portion defines a first chamber and the secondary portion defines a second chamber fluidly connected to the first chamber. The primary portion further defines a center axis and the secondary portion is disposed at least partially along the center axis. In its unexpanded state, the airbag may be disposed under an instrument cluster. | 02-25-2016 |
20160059817 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - An airbag device for motor vehicle, includes: an inflator arranged in an instrument panel in front of a front passenger seat and is capable of ejecting gas; a first airbag connected to the inflator at a base end side thereof and has a gas inflow hole through which gas can be flowed, the first airbag being for the front passenger seat; and a second airbag arranged on the first airbag at a side face portion close to a center in the vehicle width direction, the second airbag being adapted to communicate with the first airbag through first and second communication portions. The first communication portion is arranged proximal to the inflator than the second communication portion arranged proximal to the occupant side end. The first communication portion and the second airbag are communicated via a communication passageway, and the second communication portion and the second airbag are communicated directly. | 03-03-2016 |
20160075303 | SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - A lateral partition divides the interior of an airbag main body into an upper inflation chamber including a first section and a lower inflation chamber including a second section. The upper inflation chamber is located above the second section of the lower inflation chamber. An upper restricting portion is provided in a bridging manner in the first section. The upper restricting portion has a front-rear length that is shorter than a circumferential length in a front-rear direction of the first section. The upper restricting portion is tensioned in the front-rear direction when the upper inflation chamber is inflated. The upper restricting portion restricts an inflated dimension in the front-rear direction of the upper inflation chamber such that an inflated dimension of the first section in a lateral direction of the automobile is greater than an inflated dimension of the lower inflation chamber in the lateral direction. | 03-17-2016 |
20160090060 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle side airbag device including: inflator that operates to generate gas; airbag that is provided at side section of seatback of vehicle seat, that inflates and deploys using gas generated by the inflator, that protects occupant from at least head to abdominal region, and in which, in inflated and deployed state, rearward sloping portion configured by location at lower end side of front edge portion of the airbag extends diagonally toward vehicle upper rear on progression from lower end toward upper end of the rearward sloping portion; and flow regulating section that is provided at lower section of the airbag, and that ejects gas generated by the inflator from upper ejection opening toward upper section side of the airbag, and from lower ejection opening along lower edge portion of the airbag toward rearward sloping portion side. | 03-31-2016 |
20160096501 | REAR SEAT AIR-BAG APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A rear seat air-bag apparatus for a vehicle may include an air-bag module including a housing provided in a front seat, an air-bag cushion provided in the housing and deployed to protect a rear seat passenger as needed, and an inflator deploying the air-bag cushion, an angle variable controlling mechanism adjusting an angle of the air-bag cushion in the case in which an angle adjustment of the air-bag cushion is required upon the deploying of the air-bag cushion, and a controlling unit adjusting an angle of the angle variable controlling mechanism as needed. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096504 | FAR SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A far side airbag device of the present invention includes a side airbag, that inflates and deploys on being supplied with gas, housed in a folded state inside a side section of a seatback of a seat, at a side of a center console disposed adjacent to the seat in a vehicle width direction. A lower end portion of the side airbag is positioned further to a vehicle up-down direction lower side than an upper face of the center console. | 04-07-2016 |
20160101757 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SIDE AIRBAG - A side airbag device includes: an inflator that is disposed at a side section of a seatback of a vehicle seat and that generates gas on actuation; a side airbag main body that is disposed at the side section and that inflates and deploys at a side of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat due to being supplied with gas from the inflator; and an upper-lower partitioning section that partitions the side airbag main body into an upper inflation section to restrain an upper body of the occupant, and a lower inflation section to restrain a lumbar region of the occupant at a higher internal pressure than the upper inflation section, and that includes a sloped portion sloped toward a seat lower side on progression from a seat front-rear direction center portion toward a seat rear side end portion of the lower inflation section. | 04-14-2016 |
20160101758 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle side airbag device including: an inflator disposed at a side section of a seatback of a vehicle seat; a rear bag section that inflates and deploys using gas from the inflator housed therein; a front bag section into which gas is supplied through communication openings formed at a partitioning section between the front and rear bag sections, that inflates and deploys toward a vehicle front and upper side of the rear bag section, and that protects a head of an occupant at a vehicle upper side than the rear bag section; and a diffuser that is disposed inside the rear bag section, that houses the inflator and inflates using gas therefrom, wherein an upper end portion of the diffuser, where inflates, pierces through an upper communication opening that is one of the communication openings formed at an upper end portion of the partitioning section. | 04-14-2016 |
20160107598 | SELF-CONFORMING REARSEAT AIR BAG - An apparatus ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160107600 | CURTAIN AIRBAG APPARATUS - Provided is a curtain airbag apparatus that prevents a head of an occupant from being moved forward. To this end, according to the curtain airbag apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an auxiliary airbag is installed on an outer surface of a curtain airbag in order to prevent the head of the occupant from being moved forward. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107601 | CURTAIN AIRBAG APPARATUS - Provided is a curtain airbag apparatus capable of preventing a head of an occupant from being moved forward and colliding with a structure of a vehicle at the time of an oblique collision of the vehicle. To this end, a curtain airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a curtain airbag which is inflated when gas flows into the curtain airbag; and an auxiliary airbag which is coupled to the curtain airbag, and protrudes into the interior of a vehicle while being inflated when the gas flowing into the curtain airbag flows into the auxiliary airbag. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107603 | CURTAIN AIRBAG APPARATUS - Provided is a curtain airbag apparatus capable of preventing a head of an occupant from being moved forward at the time of an oblique collision of the vehicle. To this end, a curtain airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an auxiliary airbag which is coupled to the curtain airbag, is inflated when gas flows into the auxiliary airbag, and protrudes into the interior of a vehicle; and a support panel which is coupled to the curtain airbag and the auxiliary airbag, and supports the protruding auxiliary airbag. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107604 | FAR SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A far side airbag device for a vehicle includes: an inflator disposed within a side support portion at a vehicle transverse direction central side of a seat back; an airbag that is stored within the side support portion, that receives a supply of gas from the inflator, and that expands and deploys while rupturing a planned rupture portion installed at the side support portion; and a partitioning portion partitioning the airbag into a main chamber and a chamber for rupturing that is provided at a rear side and a lower side of the main chamber. At least a lower end side region of the chamber for rupturing, in an expanded and deployed state, protrudes further toward a vehicle front side than the planned rupture portion. Communication ports communicating the respective chambers with one another are formed at an upper end side and a lower end side of the partitioning portion. | 04-21-2016 |
20160114756 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle side airbag device that comprises: an inflator that is provided to a side section at a vehicle width direction outside of a seatback of a vehicle seat, and that operates to generate gas in a case in which a vehicle side-on collision is detected or predicted; and an airbag in which gas from the inflator housed inside a rear bag section is supplied into a front bag section through an inner vent hole, the front and rear bag sections inflate and deploy, the front bag section restrains at least a front portion of the chest of an occupant, the rear bag section restrains at least a shoulder region and a rear portion of the chest of the occupant, and an outer vent hole for emitting gas inside the rear bag section to the outside is formed to an upper edge portion of the rear bag section. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114757 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SIDE AIRBAG - The present disclosure provides a vehicle side airbag device including: a side airbag, housed inside a side support section of a vehicle seat, that inflates and deploys toward a vehicle front side upon being supplied with gas from an inflator, the side airbag including: a bag body that is formed in a bag shape; a front-rear left-right partitioning cloth that partitions the bag body into a front bag section and a rear bag section, and that partitions the rear bag section into a left and a right chamber in a row along a vehicle width direction in an inflated and deployed state of the bag body; and a tether, provided at at least one chamber of the left or the right chamber, that bears tension in the inflated and deployed state, and that restricts inflation of the at least one chamber toward the vehicle front side. | 04-28-2016 |
20160129876 | FAR SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A far side airbag device includes: a side airbag that is configured to receive a gas supply and, while being supported at a seatback of a seat, expand and inflate at a vehicle width direction middle side relative to a range at least from the chest to the head of an occupant of the seat; and a limiting structure that limits a thickness in the vehicle width direction of the side airbag in an inflated and expanded state such that a region that inflates and expands at the vehicle width direction middle side relative to the head of a small occupant is thinner than a region that inflates and expands at the vehicle width direction middle side relative to the head of a large occupant. | 05-12-2016 |
20160159307 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle occupant protection system includes: an outside airbag; reinforcement cloths that are attached to a reverse surface of a seat cover, in a region at a the vehicle width direction outer side, and a region at a seat front side, of the outside airbag, the reinforcement cloths being attached from an outside splitting portion; an inside airbag; webbings that are secured to a side frame (a frame) of a seat back, with each having an end portion fastened to an inside splitting portion; an outside inflator that supplies a gas for inflation to the seat outside airbag; an inside inflator that supplies a gas for inflation to the seat inside airbag; and a control unit which, at a time of a side crash, actuates the inside inflator later than the outside inflator. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159310 | Side Airbag Device for Vehicles - A vehicular side airbag apparatus including chambers corresponding to an occupant's shoulder, lumbar, and chest and having three-dimensional shapes formed by baffles inside a side airbag and providing a thickness. The first baffle extends in a vehicular front-rear direction and is joined to a rear edge | 06-09-2016 |
20160159311 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR FRONT PASSENGER SEAT - An airbag for an airbag device for a front passenger seat is housed in a housing in the shape of a folded-up body in front of a front passenger seat. The airbag includes a main bag section that includes at the rear plane as deployed a front-collision arresting plane for catching a passenger as moves forward and an auxiliary bag section that protrudes rearward out of the front-collision arresting plane. The lateral of the auxiliary bag section facing towards the front-collision arresting plane serves as an oblique-collision arresting plane for catching the passenger as moves diagonally forward, The folded-up body of the airbag includes a means for temporarily jointing the auxiliary bag section in a folded up configuration to the main bag section and preventing the auxiliary bag section from protruding out of the front-collision arresting plane in an initial stage of airbag deployment. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159312 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device includes a main airbag unit with a main bag body that is inflated and deployed from a front side of a front seat when impact is input, and a supplemental airbag unit with a supplemental bag body that is inflated and deployed from a side portion of the main airbag unit when impact is input. The supplemental bag body comes into contact with the main bag body when inflated and deployed and restricts inflation and deployment of the main bag body. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159313 | Vehicle Side Airbag Device and Vehicle Seat - Influence from a rear bag section is prevented or suppressed from being applied to an occupant out of position. In a state in which a side airbag inflates and deploys frontward of a side support section of a seat back, a front-rear partition cloth that partitions a bag body into a front bag section and a rear bag section brings an intermediate portion in a vehicle width direction of a front surface of the rear bag section to be recessed toward a vehicle rearward direction so as to be a valley-shaped recessed portion. Through this, even if the side airbag inflates and deploys while the occupant is located frontward of the side support section, it is possible to prevent or suppress influence from the rear bag section to this occupant. | 06-09-2016 |
20160167616 | AIRBAG MODULE | 06-16-2016 |
20160185316 | Side impact airbag module - An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle seat. The module includes an inflatable airbag and an inflator. The airbag is stored in the vehicle seat prior to deployment and includes inboard and outboard inflatable chambers separated by a gap at a forward portion of the airbag. The airbag is configured to deploy into a position along side of the vehicle seat and the occupant. | 06-30-2016 |
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