Airbag apparatus for a small size vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideki Akiyama, Norihiro Kurata, Toshio Yamagiwa, Toyokazu Nakamura
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Abstract
An airbag apparatus for a small size vehicle that includes an airbag, for constraining a driver on a seat from forward motion through an inflation expansion, that reduces the number of parts and achieves miniaturization of the apparatus while constraining the driver on the seat. The airbag includes a main bag portion and an auxiliary bag portion communicating with the inside of the main bag portion through a connecting hole. The auxiliary bag portion is inflated and expanded with gas exhausted from the main bag portion through the connecting hole.
Claims16
An airbag apparatus for a small size vehicle which includes an airbag for constraining a driver on a seat from forward motion through an inflation expansion of the airbag, comprising:
- a main bag portion and an auxiliary bag portion;
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- a connecting hole for communicating with an inside of said main bag portion;
- wherein said auxiliary bag portion is inflated and expanded with gas exhausted from said main bag portion through said connecting hole.
An airbag for a vehicle for constraining a driver on a seat from forward motion through an inflation expansion of the airbag, comprising:
- a main bag portion being of a first predetermined size and including an interior portion for receiving a gas for expansion of said main bag portion;
- an auxiliary bag portion being mounted relative to said main bag portion and being of a second predetermined size, said auxiliary bag portion including an interior portion;
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- a connecting hole for communicating gas contained within the interior portion of the main bag portion with the interior portion of the auxiliary bag portion;
- wherein said auxiliary bag portion is inflated and expanded with gas exhausted from said main bag portion through said connecting hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.