# US 9,039,039 B2 · Airbag apparatus

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- Number: US 9,039,039 B2
- Document ID: US9039039B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/885,888
- Filed: 2012-01-04
- Published: 2013-09-12
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2011-01-20
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitoshi Higuchi
- Inventors: Hitoshi Higuchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039039B2

## CPC

- B60R 21/239: characterised by their venting means
- B60R 21/203: in steering wheels or steering columns
- B60R 2021/23576: {Sewing}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An airbag apparatus for vehicle includes: an airbag body formed by joining outer peripheral portions of two base cloths, the two base cloths being superimposed on each other; an inflator introducing gas to an inside of the airbag body; and a vent hole formed on the airbag body and configured of a slit, the vent hole communicating between the inside and an outside of the airbag body, the slit being formed so as to be directed from the outer peripheral portions toward central portions of the two base cloths over the two base cloths.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An airbag apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
an airbag body formed by joining outer peripheral portions of a first base cloth and a second base cloth;
an inflator configured to introduce gas to an inside of the airbag body; and
a vent hole having a slit formed on the airbag body, the slit including a first slit and a second slit that are provided continuously with each other, the first slit having a portion extending from the outer peripheral portion of the first base cloth toward a central portion of the first base cloth, the second slit having a portion extending from the outer peripheral portion of the second base cloth toward a central portion of the second base cloth, wherein:
the slit intersects a line of a joining portion of the first and second base cloths; and
the outer peripheral portion of the first base cloth is sewn on the outer peripheral portion of the second base cloth.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the vent hole comprises: end portions provided on the slit and respectively formed on the first and second base cloths; and a pair of side-end portions of the first and second base cloths that face each other interposing the slit therebetween, and
at least one of the end portions comprises a side-end joining portion formed by disposing the side-end portions so as to be drawn into the inside of the airbag body and joining the end portions to each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
a length of the second slit is longer than a length of the first slit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the first base cloth and the second base cloth are a fabric having a substantially circular shape in planar view.