Patent · US Expired

Gas bag safety apparatus

US4004827A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
5References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1975
Grant dateJan 25, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 23, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/26094
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas bag safety apparatus comprises an inflatable torso bag installed within the compartment of a vehicle, a gas-diffuser assembled within the torso bag and having a number of jet holes to supply pressurized gas fluid into the torso bag from an external gas pressure source, and an inflatable knee bag housed within the torso bag and mounted on a portion of the diffuser through a check valve to be inflated by the pressurized gas fluid supplied from the diffuser, the check valve being provided on the opening end of the knee bag to be opened into the knee bag. The valve seat portion of the check valve is at least double-layered to reinforce a portion of the knee bag exposed to the jet holes.

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