Driver seat airbag
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsKazuki MORITA, Kazuhiro ABE
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Abstract
An airbag for a driver seat is provided with: a steering wheel of a vehicle; an inflator stored in the steering wheel; and a cushion stored in the steering wheel along with the inflator that expands and deploys to restrain a passenger. The cushion contains: a steering side panel positioned on a steering wheel side; an occupant side panel positioned on an occupant side; and a side panel connecting an edge of the steering side panel to an edge of the occupant side panel to configure a side portion of the cushion. The occupant side panel has a larger area than the steering side panel, and an upper portion of the expanded and deployed cushion is thicker in the vehicle front-rear direction than a lower portion of the cushion.
Claims20
An airbag for a driver seat, comprising:
- a steering wheel of a vehicle;
- an inflator stored in the steering wheel;
- and,
- an airbag cushion stored in the steering wheel along with the inflator that expands and deploys to restrain an occupant;
- wherein
- the airbag cushion contains a steering side panel positioned on a steering wheel side, an occupant side panel located on an occupant side, and, a side panel connecting an edge of the steering side panel to an edge of the occupant side panel to configure a side portion of the airbag cushion,
- the occupant side panel having a larger area than the steering side panel, and an upper portion of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion being thicker in a front/rear direction of the vehicle than a lower portion of the airbag cushion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.