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Airbag device

  • US 10,023,144 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2015
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag device for restraining an occupant on a passenger seat of a vehicle, the airbag device comprising:

  • a passenger bag, which expands upon deployment on a front side of the passenger seat;

    a center bag, which expands upon deployment on an inner side in a vehicle width direction of the passenger bag;

    a slit, which separates the passenger bag upon deployment from the center bag upon deployment on a vehicle rearward side; and

    a tether belt, which has a band shape and is connected to a first connecting part in an upper part of the center bag upon deployment on a vehicle rear side and to a second connecting part in an upper part of the passenger bag upon deployment,wherein the tether belt is tensioned as the passenger bag and the center bag expand during the deployment such that the first connecting part and the second connecting part move in directions separating from each other, and the center bag is positioned to restrain a side of the head of the occupant while being supported by the tether belt,wherein the second connecting part is provided in an outer side portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the upper part of the passenger bag.

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