Airbag device
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1. An airbag device comprising:
- an airbag adapted to be expanded by admitting an inflating gas; and
an inflator housed in said airbag for feeding the inflating gas to the inside of said airbag, wherein said airbag includes an airbag body forming a bag-shaped outer peripheral wall, and a reinforcing cloth for preventing a gas leakage from said airbag body, wherein said reinforcing cloth is joined at its peripheral edge to said outer peripheral wall in said airbag body on the upstream side of the inflating gas, and wherein said reinforcing cloth is joined to said outer peripheral wall at most of its edges but is not joined at the edge portion of said reinforcing cloth on the downstream side of the inflating gas.
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An airbag device comprising: an airbag adapted to be expanded and inflated by admitting an inflating gas; and an inflator housed in the airbag for feeding the inflating gas to the inside of the airbag. The airbag includes an airbag body forming a bag-shaped outer peripheral wall, and a reinforcing cloth for preventing a gas leakage from the airbag body. The reinforcing cloth is joined at its peripheral edge on the upstream side of the inflating gas to the outer peripheral wall in the airbag body but is not joined at the edge portion of the reinforcing cloth on the downstream side of the inflating gas.
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1. An airbag device comprising:
- an airbag adapted to be expanded by admitting an inflating gas; and
an inflator housed in said airbag for feeding the inflating gas to the inside of said airbag,wherein said airbag includes an airbag body forming a bag-shaped outer peripheral wall, and a reinforcing cloth for preventing a gas leakage from said airbag body, wherein said reinforcing cloth is joined at its peripheral edge to said outer peripheral wall in said airbag body on the upstream side of the inflating gas, and wherein said reinforcing cloth is joined to said outer peripheral wall at most of its edges but is not joined at the edge portion of said reinforcing cloth on the downstream side of the inflating gas. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- an airbag adapted to be expanded by admitting an inflating gas; and
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3. An airbag device comprising an airbag including:
- a flexible bag-shaped airbag body for forming an outer peripheral wall when it completes its inflation; and
a tether made of a band-shaped cloth member having such a flexibility as to regulate the shape of said airbag body having completed its inflation,wherein the lengthwise end portions of said tether provide joint ends to be joined to said airbag body, wherein said joint ends of said tether are provided with a folded portion formed by folding the edges of said tether cloth member so that a crease along the lengthwise direction of said tether may be formed on at least one widthwise edge of said tether, and wherein said folded portion of said tether is joined to said airbag body so that said cloth member of said tether are overlapped integrally. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a flexible bag-shaped airbag body for forming an outer peripheral wall when it completes its inflation; and
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