Airbag device for driver's seat
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsAkira KOIZUMI, Kazuhiro ABE, Keitoku MIYAGI, Ryota ISHIGAKI
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Abstract
An airbag cushion of the airbag device for a vehicle includes a rear panel positioned on the steering wheel side, a front panel positioned on the driver side for restraining the driver, and a side panel that connects an edge of the rear panel and an edge of the front panel and constitutes a side part of the airbag cushion. The front panel includes the circular panel that is a circular shape and the fan-shaped panels and that are fan-shaped and the arc portion is connected to the inner circumferential portion of the circular panel. The airbag cushion further includes an internal tether inside the airbag cushion that pulls the fan-shaped panel toward the rear panel.
Claims9
A driver seat airbag device, comprising:
- an inflator installed in a steering wheel of a vehicle;
- and
- an airbag cushion stowed together with the inflator in the steering wheel that receives gas from the inflator to expand and deploy toward the driver;
- wherein
- the airbag cushion includes:
- a rear panel positioned on the steering wheel side,
- a front panel positioned on the driver side for restraining the driver, and
- a side panel that connects an edge of the rear panel to an edge of the front panel and constitutes a side part of the airbag cushion;
- where the front panel includes:
- a circular panel in a circular shape, and
- one or a plurality of fan-shaped panels that are fan-shaped with an arc portion thereof connecting to an inner circumferential portion of the circular panel, and
- the airbag cushion further includes an internal tether inside the airbag cushion that pulls the fan-shaped panel toward the rear panel side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.