Center airbag device
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsEugene LEE, Aviral SHRIVATRI, Shiro OHARA
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Abstract
A center airbag device is arranged in an instrument panel of a vehicle and located in a middle portion of the instrument panel with respect to a lateral direction of the vehicle. The center airbag device includes an airbag deployed and inflated when supplied with gas. The airbag includes a basal portion located on an upper surface of the instrument panel when the airbag is deployed and inflated, a protection portion located rearward from the basal portion and extended downward when the airbag is deployed and inflated, and an auxiliary portion located between the basal portion and the protection portion. The auxiliary portion allows the protection portion to be bent relative to the basal portion when the airbag is deployed and inflated.
Claims13
A center airbag device arranged in an instrument panel of a vehicle and located in a middle portion of the instrument panel with respect to a lateral direction of the vehicle, the center airbag device comprising:
- an airbag deployed and inflated when supplied with gas, wherein the airbag includes
- a basal portion located on an upper surface of the instrument panel when the airbag is deployed and inflated,
- a protection portion located rearward from the basal portion and extended downward when the airbag is deployed and inflated, the protection portion faces and directly contacts an inclined surface of the instrument panel in response to a contact of a vehicle occupant with the airbag after the airbag is deployed and inflated;
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- an auxiliary portion located between the basal portion and the protection portion, wherein the auxiliary portion allows the protection portion to be bent relative to the basal portion when the airbag is deployed and inflated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.