Airbag and airbag system
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Hasebe, Yukitoshi Narimoto
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Abstract
An airbag is inflated in a direction that a distal end thereof moves away from a base end thereof with gas ejected from an inflator disposed on the base end. The airbag includes a left airbag section to be inflated toward a left front of an occupant, and a right airbag section to be inflated toward a right front of the occupant. The airbag further includes a width limiting member for limiting lateral widths of the left airbag section and the right airbag section during inflation. The width limiting member pulls an upper part of at least one of the left airbag section and the right airbag section adjacent to a car body inwardly and downwardly.
Claims11
An airbag comprising:
- a left airbag section to be inflated toward a left front side of an occupant and formed of an inner side left portion and an outer side left portion,
- a right airbag section to be inflated toward a right front side of the occupant, said right airbag section being formed separately from the left airbag section and being formed of an inner side right portion and an outer side right portion, the left or right airbag section being located adjacent to a side of a car body, and
- left and right width limiting members disposed in the left airbag section and the right airbag section for limiting lateral widths of the left airbag section and the right airbag section when the airbag is inflated, the left width limiting member connecting the inner side left portion and the outer side left portion, and the right width limiting member connecting the inner side right portion and the outer side right portion, respectively,
- wherein at least one of said left and right width limiting members located adjacent to the side of the car body includes one end connected to an upper part of the outer side portion of the left or right airbag section adjacent to the side of the car body, and the other end connected to the inner side portion opposite thereto, the other end being located lower than said one end in a vertical direction so that the upper part is pulled inwardly and downwardly when the airbag is inflated and the width limiting member with the one and the other ends is disposed obliquely in the vertical direction in an inflated condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.