Driving seat airbag device
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1. A driving seat airbag device, comprising:
- a driving seat airbag that is inflated and deployed at a vehicle rear side of a steering wheel on being supplied with gas; and
a sliding cloth that is deployed in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the driving seat airbag, that covers an airbag rear face at a vehicle rear side of the driving seat airbag, and that is capable of movement in a vehicle width direction with respect to the airbag rear face,wherein a space between the sliding cloth and the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag is free of a connection to an interior of the driving seat airbag,wherein the sliding cloth covers the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag in an inflated and expanded state of the driving seat airbag, andwherein an opening that exposes a central region of the airbag rear face is formed in the sliding cloth.
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A driving seat airbag device includes: a driving seat airbag that is inflated and deployed at a vehicle rear side of a steering wheel on being supplied with gas; and a sliding cloth that is deployed in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the driving seat airbag, that covers an airbag rear face at a vehicle rear side of the driving seat airbag, and that is capable of movement in a vehicle width direction with respect to the airbag rear face.
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1. A driving seat airbag device, comprising:
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a driving seat airbag that is inflated and deployed at a vehicle rear side of a steering wheel on being supplied with gas; and a sliding cloth that is deployed in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the driving seat airbag, that covers an airbag rear face at a vehicle rear side of the driving seat airbag, and that is capable of movement in a vehicle width direction with respect to the airbag rear face, wherein a space between the sliding cloth and the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag is free of a connection to an interior of the driving seat airbag, wherein the sliding cloth covers the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag in an inflated and expanded state of the driving seat airbag, and wherein an opening that exposes a central region of the airbag rear face is formed in the sliding cloth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A driving seat airbag device, comprising:
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a driving seat airbag that is inflated and deployed at a vehicle rear side of a steering wheel on being supplied with gas; and a sliding cloth that is deployed in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the driving seat airbag, that covers an airbag rear face at a vehicle rear side of the driving seat airbag, and that is capable of movement in a vehicle width direction with respect to the airbag rear face, wherein a space between the sliding cloth and the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag is free of a connection to an interior of the driving seat airbag, wherein the sliding cloth covers the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag in an inflated and expanded state of the driving seat airbag, and wherein a plurality of slits are formed in the sliding cloth. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A driving seat airbag device, comprising:
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a driving seat airbag that is inflated and deployed at a vehicle rear side of a steering wheel on being supplied with gas; and a sliding cloth that is deployed in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the driving seat airbag, that covers an airbag rear face at a vehicle rear side of the driving seat airbag, and that is capable of movement in a vehicle width direction with respect to the airbag rear face, wherein a space between the sliding cloth and the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag is free of a connection to an interior of the driving seat airbag, wherein the sliding cloth covers the airbag rear face of the driving seat airbag in an inflated and expanded state of the driving seat airbag, wherein the driving seat airbag is inflated and deployed in a circular shape as viewed from an axial direction of the steering wheel, and wherein the sliding cloth is deployed in a circular ring shape as viewed from the axial direction of the steering wheel.
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