Wearable airbag device
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihito Yanagisawa, Yusuke Kawamura, Wataru Miura, Motoyuki Tanaka
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Abstract
A wearable airbag device that is adapted to be worn by a wearer for protecting one or more targeted body parts of the wearer. The airbag device includes an airbag that includes one or more protecting inflatable portions each of which is configured to be inflated with an inflation gas and cover one of the one or more targeted body parts, and a means for preventing each of the protecting inflatable portions from being dislocated from the targeted body part at airbag deployment.
Claims4
A wearable airbag device that is adapted to be worn by a wearer for protecting one or more targeted body parts of the wearer, the airbag device comprising:
- an airbag that is formed of a sheet material having flexibility, the airbag including one or more protecting inflatable portions each of which is configured to be inflated with an inflation gas and to cover one of the one or more targeted body parts;
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- an outer cover that covers an outer circumference of the airbag, the outer cover is formed of a sheet material having flexibility and the outer cover including a fastener configured to allow attachment of the airbag device around the body of the wearer;
- wherein:
- an inflatable portion of the airbag includes a narrow-width portion and two great-width portions that are disposed on opposite sides of the narrow-width portion, each of the great-width portions having a greater width than the narrow-width portion;
- the outer cover includes a retaining portion that is configured to retain an outer circumference of the narrow-width portion;
- the narrow-width portion and the retaining portion are configured to prevent each of the one or more protecting inflatable portions from being dislocated with respect to the outer cover, and are configured to prevent each of the one or more protecting inflatable portions from being dislocated from the one or more targeted body parts at airbag deployment;
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- the airbag and the outer cover are separable from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.