Patent · US Expired

Bag for an airbag for a vehicle

US5848805A · kind A · utility

38Cited by
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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 1996
Grant dateDec 15, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/23382
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a bag for a vehicle air bag device according to this invention, tethers are installed at positions clear of the spouting direction of gas from a flow regulator. Therefore, the flow regulating effect provided by the flow regulator is not impaired by the tethers, allowing the gas flow to be reliably directed diametrically outward toward the outer periphery of the bag, whereby the deployment speed of the bag moving toward the occupant can be reduced. Further, in a bag for a vehicle air bag device according to this invention, a folding system which allows less easy spreading is employed in the spouting direction of gas from the flow regulator. Therefore, the gas flow can be uniformly led in two mutually opposite directions, thereby making it possible to reduce the deployment speed of the bag moving toward the occupant.

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