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US 2018/0099639 A1Published application
External airbag
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsHiroshi SUEMUNE, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Akihiro Onodera, Hiroshi Yoneyama, Daisuke Ototsuji, Isamu Nagasawa
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Abstract
An external airbag includes: a lower edge bag that is deployed to extend along a lower edge of a windshield of an automobile, on a front side of the windshield; lateral edge bags in a pair that are deployed to extend along both lateral edges of the windshield, on the front side of the windshield; and an upper edge bag that is deployed to extend along an upper edge of the windshield, on the front side of the windshield.
Claims15
An external airbag comprising:
- a lower edge bag that is deployed to extend along a lower edge of a windshield of an automobile so as to cover a cowl panel that is provided along the lower edge of the windshield, on a front side of the windshield;
- lateral edge bags in a pair that are deployed to extend along both lateral edges of the windshield so as to cover front pillars in a pair that are provided along the both lateral edges of the windshield, on the front side of the windshield;
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- an upper edge bag that is deployed to extend along an upper edge of the windshield so as to cover a front edge of a roof panel, on the front side of the windshield, the front edge being provided along the upper edge of the windshield,
- wherein both ends of the lower edge bag are coupled to lower ends of the lateral edge bags in the pair, and the upper edge bag is coupled to upper ends of the lateral edge bags in the pair, and
- wherein the external airbag is housed in a folded state in a vicinity of the lower edge of the windshield:
- wherein the external airbag in the folded state is configured in a manner that:
- the lateral edge bags are deployed on at least a part of the front pillars;
- the lower edge bag is deployed on at least a part of the cowl panel after the lateral edge bags are deployed on at least the part of the front pillars;
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- the upper edge bag is deployed on at least a part of the front edge of a roof panel after the lower edge bag is deployed on at least a part of the cowl panel.
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A method for deploying an external airbag, the external airbag including:
- a lower edge bag that is deployed to extend along a lower edge of a windshield of an automobile so as to cover a cowl panel that is provided along the lower edge of the windshield, on a front side of the windshield;
- lateral edge bags in a pair that are deployed to extend along both lateral edges of the windshield so as to cover front pillars in a pair that are provided along the both lateral edges of the windshield, on the front side of the windshield;
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- an upper edge bag that is deployed to extend along an upper edge of the windshield so as to cover a front edge of a roof panel, on the front side of the windshield, the front edge being provided along the upper edge of the windshield, where both ends of the lower edge bag are coupled to lower ends of the lateral edge bags in the pair, and the upper edge bag is coupled to upper ends of the lateral edge bags in the pair, and where the external airbag is housed in a folded state in a vicinity of the lower edge of the windshield, the method comprising:
- folding the external airbag in the folded state, the folded state being configured in a manner such that an inflator deploys:
- the lateral edge bags on at least a part of the front pillars;
- the lower edge bag on at least a part of the cowl panel after the lateral edge bags is deployed on at least the part of the front pillars;
- and
- the upper edge bag on at least a part of the front edge of a roof panel after the lower edge bag is deployed on at least a part of the cowl panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.