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US 2006/0076759 A1Published application
Side air bag device
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshinori Tanase, Yoshio Mizuno, Toru Koyama
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Abstract
A side air bag device (10) includes an inflator (11) arranged in a backrest (15a) of a seat (15) to discharge gas, an air bag (12) having an upper chamber (12a) and a lower chamber (12b), which are each inflated by discharging gas, and an impact reducing means (19) for reducing impact that is applied to a passenger when the air bag contacts the passenger during inflation of the air bag.
Claims20
1-18. (canceled)
An air bag device installed in a backrest of a seat for passenger safety, the air bag device comprising:
- a gas discharging means arranged in the backrest for discharging gas;
- an air bag connected to the gas discharging means and including an upper chamber and a lower chamber, each being inflated by discharging gas;
- an impact reducing means for reducing impact applied to a passenger when the air bag contacts the passenger in the seat during inflation of the air bag, wherein the impact reducing means is arranged in the air bag and includes a communication means for communicating the upper chamber to the lower chamber, and wherein the communication means includes a first communication means arranged in a rear portion of the air bag near the backrest.
An air bag device installed in a backrest of a seat comprising:
- a gas discharging means arranged in the backrest for discharging gas;
- an air bag including an upper chamber and a lower chamber, each being inflated by discharging gas;
- an impact reducing means for reducing impact applied to a passenger when the air bag contacts the passenger in the seat during inflation of the air bag, wherein the impact reducing means is arranged in the air bag and includes a communication means for communicating the upper chamber to the lower chamber, and wherein the air bag includes a first defining means extending in a vertical direction of the air bag and defining the communication means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.