Airbag device
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsAtsuyuki Uchiyama, Tadahiro Igawa
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Abstract
An airbag device which is easily aligned in an instrument panel and which includes a lid that does not lift from the instrument panel. The airbag device includes a retainer, an airbag folded and accommodated in the retainer, a lid for covering the opening of the retainer, and an inflator for deploying the airbag. The device includes a belt wrapped around the outside of the retainer. The ends of the belt are connected to the lid. The edge of the opening of the instrument panel includes two steps. The first step supports the edge of the lid and the second step supports a spacer. The belt has an elastically deformable portion that stretches to ensure that the belt remains in elastic contact with the bottom of the retainer.
Claims17
An airbag device comprising:
- a canister shaped retainer having an opening;
- an airbag which is accommodated in said retainer and having a gas inlet attached to said retainer;
- a lid for covering the opening of said retainer;
- and
- wherein the lid is configured to fit into an opening of an instrument panel;
- a winding member having a pair of ends and being arranged to extend along an outer surface of said retainer wherein both ends of the winding member are connected to said lid;
- and
- wherein said winding member is elastic and at least a portion of said winding member is in elastic contact with the outer surface of said retainer whereby the lid is biased toward the retainer.
An airbag device comprising:
- a canister shaped retainer having an opening;
- an airbag which is accommodated in said retainer and having a gas inlet attached to said retainer;
- an inflator for inflating said airbag;
- a lid for covering the opening of said retainer;
- and
- wherein the lid is configured to fit into an opening of an instrument panel, wherein both ends of said inflator outwardly project from said retainer,
- a winding member having a pair of ends and being arranged to extend along an outer surface of said inflator wherein both ends of the winding member are connected to said lid;
- and
- wherein said winding member is elastic and at least a portion of said winding member is in elastic contact with the outer surface of said inflator whereby the lid is biased toward the retainer.
An airbag device to be installed in the instrument panel of a vehicle comprising:
- an airbag module including an airbag having an open end fixed to a retainer for receiving pressurized gas from an inflator positioned within the retainer;
- a lid covering the airbag and positioned in an opening in the instrument panel;
- an elastic belt connected to the lid and contacting the module on a surface facing generally away from the instrument panel to thereby hold the lid in position;
- and
- wherein the belt is positioned in a manner permitting relative movement between the module and the belt.
An airbag device mounted in an instrument panel of a vehicle, the device comprising an airbag connected to a retainer and a lid covering the airbag and retainer, wherein the lid is held in position in an opening in the panel by an elastic member fixed only to the lid and passing on an opposite side of the retainer from the panel to thereby press an edge of the lid against the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.