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Head-protecting airbag

  • US 20090236829A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2009
  • Published: 09/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A head-protecting airbag adapted to be mounted on an upper periphery of a window of a vehicle inside the vehicle for deployment downward to cover the window, the airbag comprising:

  • a gas admissive portion inflatable with inflation gas by separating an inner panel and an outer panel, the gas admissive portion including;

    a primary inflatable portion inflatable in an early stage of airbag deployment, the primary inflatable portion including a protection portion that receives and protects a head of an occupant and a conduit that is tubular in shape and extends from the protection portion along an anteroposterior direction of the airbag, the conduit being located in an upper area of the airbag away from a lower periphery of the airbag; and

    a secondary inflatable portion that is communicated with the primary inflatable portion by the conduit and admits inflation gas from the primary inflatable portion for restraining a pressure increase of the primary inflatable portion, the secondary inflatable portion being located adjacent the protection portion of the primary inflatable portion in an anteroposterior direction of the airbag at full deployment, anda non-admissive portion that admits no inflation gas and keeps the inner panel and outer panel attached together, the non-admissive portion including;

    a peripheral portion located on an outer periphery of the gas admissive portion; and

    a partitioning portion that defines boundaries of the secondary inflatable portion and the conduit,wherein the protection portion includes;

    an inlet-side inflatable portion located proximate an inlet port of the conduit, the inlet-side inflatable portion including an opposing region that is communicated with and adjacent the inlet port of the conduit in an anteroposterior direction and a lower extending region that extends downward from the opposing region; and

    a lower inflatable portion that is partitioned from the conduit by the partitioning portion and located below the conduit between the conduit and a bottom area of the peripheral portion, the lower inflatable portion being communicated with the lower extending region so as to be inflatable generally simultaneously with the inlet-side inflatable portion upon inflation of the primary inflatable portion and having an opening dimension in a vertical direction that is greater than that of the conduit over an entire area below the conduit.

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