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US 7,000,943 B2Granted
Airbag and airbag system
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Hasebe, Yukitoshi Narimoto
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Abstract
An airbag is inflated with gas ejected from an inflator disposed at a base end thereof in a direction that a front end moves away from the base end. The airbag includes a left half airbag to be inflated on a front left side of an occupant and a right half airbag to be inflated on a front right side of the occupant. A partition wall is disposed in the airbag for dividing the airbag into a base end portion and a front end portion. The partition wall has openings for communicating the base end portion and the front end portion with each other.
Claims17
An airbag for protecting an occupant, comprising:
- a left half airbag to be inflated on a front left side of the occupant and having a left base end portion and a left front end portion,
- a right half airbag to be inflated on a front right side of the occupant and having a right base end portion and a right front end portion,
- partitioning means disposed in the airbag for partitioning the left half airbag into the left base end portion and the left front end portion, and the right half airbag into the right base end portion and the right front end portion, and
- opening means formed in the partitioning means for communicating each of the base end portion and the front end portion of the left and right half airbags.
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