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Airbag apparatus

US8328232B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 2010
Grant dateDec 11, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/2395
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag apparatus includes an airbag. The airbag includes a gas releasing valve having first and second valve body portions each have a flexible portion. The flexible portions are flexible toward a released gas downstream side of inflation gas. An auxiliary joint portion joins the first and second valve body portions to each other and extending, from a position in the vicinity of and on a released gas upstream side of the flexible portion, further toward the released gas upstream side. A flex-resistant portion that extends in the gas releasing direction and is less flexible than the flexible portion is arranged on the auxiliary joint portion of the gas releasing valve or in the vicinity of the auxiliary joint portion.

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