Patent · US Expired

Air bag system

US6846008B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateNov 28, 2001
Grant dateJan 25, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/23324
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an air bag system in which an air bag is placed under an upper surface of an instrument panel for restraining a passenger by igniting an inflator by a signal from an acceleration sensor when a vehicle is crashed and deploying the air bag with gas generated by the ignition of the inflator, a method for forming a pocket in a lower surface of the air bag when it is inflated.

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