Passenger protecting device

• US 20030116945A1
• Filed: 12/02/2002
• Published: 06/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Abe, Kazuhiro
• Application Number:
  US10/307,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20030116945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/729
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0041 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23107 the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23169 specially adapted for knee protection
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration

Abstract

A passenger protecting device for protecting a person in a vehicle includes an arm-protecting airbag to be inflated in front of an arm of the passenger, and a gas generator connected to the arm-protecting airbag for inflating the same. The arm-protecting airbag may be formed with a knee bag, a driver airbag or passenger airbag.

Claims

1. A passenger protecting device for protecting a person in a vehicle, comprising:

an arm-protecting airbag to be inflated in front of an arm of the passenger, and

a gas generator connected to the arm-protecting airbag for inflating the same.

2. A passenger protecting device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of a knee-bag device with an airbag and a gas generator, a driver-protecting airbag device with an airbag and a gas generator, and a passenger-protecting airbag device with an airbag and a gas generator, said arm-protecting airbag communicating with one of the gas generators of said knee-bag device, driver-protecting airbag device and passenger-protecting airbag device as the gas generator for the arm-protecting airbag.

3. A passenger protecting device according to claim 2, wherein said arm-protecting airbag is connected to the airbag of the knee-bag device, the airbag of the driver-protecting airbag device, or the airbag of the passenger-protecting airbag device.

4. A passenger protecting device according to claim 3, wherein said arm-protecting airbag includes two arm-bags connected to one of the airbags of the knee-bag device, driver-protecting airbag device and passenger-protecting airbag device, said arm-bags on the airbag being spaced apart from each other.

5. A passenger protecting device according to claim 4, wherein said two arm-bags are separately formed with one of the airbags to be connected, and fixed to the one of the airbags.

6. A passenger protecting device according to claim 4, wherein said two arm-bags are integrally formed with the one of the airbags as parts thereof to project outwardly therefrom.

7. A passenger protecting device according to claim 6, wherein said two arm-bags project downwardly from a rear side of the airbag of the driver-protecting airbag device.

8. A passenger protecting device according to claim 6, wherein said two arm-bags project upwardly from an upper side of the airbag of the knee-bag device.