Airbag apparatus
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsHiroaki TAKESHITA, Takashi NAGATANI, Motoharu HIRATA, Mitsutoshi YAMANISHI, Motoharu SATO
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Abstract
Disclosed is an airbag apparatus which comprises: a first airbag configured to be deployed rearwardly from a steering wheel during an oblique collision of a vehicle; and a second airbag configured to be deployed rearwardly and upwardly from a position below a steering shaft during the oblique collision of the vehicle. The second airbag comprises an upward deployment portion capable of, in its deployed state, extending upwardly via a lateral side of the steering shaft, wherein the upward deployment portion is disposed between a lateral portion of the first airbag in its deployed state and an instrument panel.
Claims8
An airbag apparatus for use in a vehicle to protect an occupant, wherein the vehicle includes an instrument panel and a steering wheel provided on a rear side of the instrument panel, the airbag apparatus comprising:
- a first airbag provided in the steering wheel and configured to be deployed rearwardly from the steering wheel during an oblique collision of the vehicle;
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- a second airbag provided at a position below a steering shaft extending forwardly from the steering wheel, and configured to be deployed rearwardly and upwardly from the position during the oblique collision of the vehicle,
- wherein the second airbag comprises an upward deployment portion capable of, in its deployed state, extending upwardly via a lateral side of the steering shaft, the upward deployment portion being disposed between a lateral portion of the first airbag in its deployed state and the instrument panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.