Airbag apparatus for a front passenger's seat
First Claim
1. An airbag apparatus for a front passenger'"'"'s seat comprising:
- an airbag folded and housed inside an instrument panel in front of the front passenger'"'"'s seat, and being deployable rearward when fed with inflation gas, the airbag, when completely inflated, being formed into a contour having a left side wall and a right side wall deployed at lateral sides of the airbag, an upper side wall and a lower side wall deployed in upper and lower sides of the airbag, and a rear sidewall arranged generally vertically to face toward the front passenger'"'"'s seat, the airbag further comprising a gas inlet port for introducing inflation gas and a protection portion contactable with a passenger seated in the front passenger'"'"'s seat, in a rear side of the airbag as completely inflated; and
a regulating member for controlling the contour of the airbag at complete inflation depending upon the passenger,the protection portion comprises each one left and right shoulder restraining portion disposed side by side along the lateral direction and contactable with left and right shoulders of the passenger upon airbag inflation, andthe regulating member varies a distance between the shoulder restraining portions in the lateral direction at the complete inflation of airbag depending upon the passenger, to a wide distance correspondent to a large passenger and to a narrow distance correspondent to an undersized passenger.
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Abstract
The airbag apparatus for a front passenger'"'"'s seat includes an airbag provided on its rear side with a protection portion contactable with a passenger. The airbag internally includes a vertical tether for controlling the contour of the airbag upon inflation depending on a passenger. The protection portion includes each one left and right shoulder restraining portion disposed side by side along the lateral direction for contact with left and right shoulders of the passenger. The vertical tether works to vary a distance between the shoulder restraining portions in the lateral direction at the complete airbag inflation into a wide distance correspondent to a large passenger and a narrow distance correspondent to an undersized passenger.
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6 Claims
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1. An airbag apparatus for a front passenger'"'"'s seat comprising:
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an airbag folded and housed inside an instrument panel in front of the front passenger'"'"'s seat, and being deployable rearward when fed with inflation gas, the airbag, when completely inflated, being formed into a contour having a left side wall and a right side wall deployed at lateral sides of the airbag, an upper side wall and a lower side wall deployed in upper and lower sides of the airbag, and a rear sidewall arranged generally vertically to face toward the front passenger'"'"'s seat, the airbag further comprising a gas inlet port for introducing inflation gas and a protection portion contactable with a passenger seated in the front passenger'"'"'s seat, in a rear side of the airbag as completely inflated; and a regulating member for controlling the contour of the airbag at complete inflation depending upon the passenger, the protection portion comprises each one left and right shoulder restraining portion disposed side by side along the lateral direction and contactable with left and right shoulders of the passenger upon airbag inflation, and the regulating member varies a distance between the shoulder restraining portions in the lateral direction at the complete inflation of airbag depending upon the passenger, to a wide distance correspondent to a large passenger and to a narrow distance correspondent to an undersized passenger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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