Air bag apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorIsamu Takahara
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Abstract
In an air bag apparatus structured such that an air bag (11) housed in a part of a vehicle in a folded manner is inflated and deployed by a gas supplied from an inflator (14) so as to protect an occupant, the gas supplied from the inflator (14) is dispersed in a three-dimensional direction by a shower head (13a) so as to be supplied to a gas passage (11b) of the air bag (11).
Claims44
An air bag apparatus (10) wherein an air bag (11) is housed along a roof side rail (21) and is inflated and deployed in a curtain-like shape along a vehicle compartment side wall due to gas supplied from an inflator (14) so as to protect a head portion of an occupant, the air bag is provided with an inflating portion for a front seat (11c) and an inflating portion for a rear seat (11d) and a gas passage (11b) for communicating upper portions of both of these inflating portions, and wherein a shower head (13a) for dispersing the gas supplied from the inflator (14) in a three-dimensional direction is disposed so as to face the gas passage (11b) of the air bag (11).
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