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US 7,731,232 B2Granted
Vehicle airbag device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHitoshi Higuchi
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Abstract
A vehicle airbag device in which an airbag is deployed by gas emitted by an inflator. The airbag has a pocket part, which is formed in a lower surface of the airbag and passes over an upper end of an obstacle. An introduction tube for introducing gas emitted by the inflator into the airbag extends into the airbag. When the airbag is deploying, but an obstacle prevents the airbag from doing so, a distal end part of the introduction tube will be blocked off, and the gas will be released to the exterior through a gas release part.
Claims10
A vehicle airbag device comprising:
- an airbag designed to be deployed toward an occupant in a vehicle;
- an inflator for supplying to the airbag a gas for deploying the airbag;
- an introduction tube extending into the airbag for introducing the gas into the airbag from the inflator;
- a gas release part for releasing the gas emitted from the inflator to an exterior when a distal end part of the introduction tube is blocked;
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- a pocket part formed in a bottom surface of the airbag in such a manner as to be inwardly recessed with respect to the airbag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.