Supplemental restraint side air bag apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsKenji Satani, Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi
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Abstract
A side air bag apparatus installed within a seat has an air bag unit containing an inflator and a folded air bag in an air bag unit housing which is connected to a firing control unit by way of a harness partly extending from the air bag unit within and along a lower transverse section of the seat from one side of the seat close to a door to the other side of the seat and partly extending under the seat to the firing control unit via a coupler secured to the underside of the seat.
Claims14
A side air bag apparatus installed as a supplemental restraint system installed within a seat of a vehicle, which comprises:
- an air bag unit installed within a side section of the seat close to a vehicle door and comprising an air bag unit housing having an opening directed in a specified direction, an air bag folded within said air bag unit housing and an inflator having an explosive and firing means for firing said explosive to produce and blow gas into said air bag to inflate, expand and thrust out said air bag through said opening of said air bag unit housing upon an occurrence of a lateral collision of the vehicle;
- a firing control device disposed separately from the seat for generating a firing signal in response to said lateral collision;
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- a harness partly extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle from said air bag unit toward a center of the vehicle within the seat for transmitting said firing signal to said firing means from said firing control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.