Airbag apparatus
OwnerKenji Mori, Hiroyuki Kobayashi +4inventors
InventorsKenji Mori, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuji Kuriyama, Tadashi Yamamoto, Toru Koyama, Toshinori Tanase
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Abstract
An airbag apparatus has an airbag, an inflator, a cover and an opening mechanism. When an impact the magnitude of which is greater than a predetermined value is applied to the vehicle, the inflator supplies gas to the airbag. The cover covers the airbag. The opening mechanism opens the cover prior to inflation of the airbag.
Claims17
An airbag apparatus used for a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag;
- an inflator, wherein, when an impact the magnitude of which is greater than a predetermined value is applied to the vehicle, the inflator supplies gas to the airbag, thereby deploying and inflating the airbag;
- a cover for covering the airbag;
- and
- an opening mechanism, which opens the cover prior to inflation of the airbag.
An airbag apparatus used for a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag;
- an inflating device for inflating the airbag;
- and
- a deploying device, wherein, prior to inflation of the airbag, the deploying device deploys the airbag in a folded state over a predetermined inflation region.
A method for deploying and inflating an airbag used for a vehicle, comprising:
- predicting a collision against the vehicle;
- opening a cover covering the airbag when a collision is predicted;
- detecting a collision against the vehicle;
- and
- deploying and inflating the airbag by supplying gas to the airbag when a collision is detected.
A method for deploying and inflating an airbag used for a vehicle, comprising:
- predicting a collision against the vehicle;
- deploying the airbag in a folded state over a predetermined inflation region when a collision is predicted;
- detecting a collision against the vehicle;
- and
- inflating the deployed airbag when a collision is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.