Twin airbag apparatus

• US 20050184489A1
• Filed: 01/31/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Rie
• Application Number:
  US11/045,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20050184489A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/729
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01211 Expansion of air bags
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23107 the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/203 in steering wheels or steering columns
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/205 in dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/206 in the lower part of dashboards, e.g. for protecting the knees
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration

Abstract

An airbag system including a twin airbag having left and right portions that are configured to deploy alongside a support airbag configured to deploy between the left and right portions of the twin airbag. The support airbag may deploy form an airbag module located in a steering wheel. The twin airbag may deploy from an airbag module positioned in an instrument panel of a vehicle. The support airbag and the twin airbag may deploy from the same airbag module.

Claims

1. An airbag system comprising:

a twin airbag having left and right portions that are configured to deploy alongside a support airbag configured to deploy between the left and right portions of the twin airbag.

2. The airbag system of claim 1, wherein the support airbag is folded and stored in an airbag module located in a steering wheel.

3. The airbag system of claim 1, wherein the twin airbag is folded and stored in a first airbag module positioned in an instrument panel of a vehicle.

4. The airbag system of claim 3, wherein the support airbag is folded and stored in a second airbag module located in the instrument panel of the vehicle.

5. The airbag system of claim 3, wherein the support airbag is folded and stored in the first airbag module.