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Airbag device

  • US 6,786,505 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2002
  • Issued: 09/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag device for protecting an occupant in a vehicle, comprising:

  • an inflator for providing inflation gas, and an airbag connected to the inflator to be deployed in front of the occupant, said airbag including a lower bag segment for holding shoulders and chest of the occupant having a gas-discharging vent hole on a rear side thereof, an upper bag segment disposed on the lower bag segment for holding a head of the occupant when the airbag is deployed, a partition cloth situated between the upper and lower bag segments for separating the same and having an inner vent hole so that said inflation gas from the inflator is directly supplied to the lower bag segment first to deploy the lower bag segment from the rear side and then to the upper bag segment through the inner vent hole, and a hood formed under the gas-discharging vent hole for closing the gas-discharging vent hole when the airbag contacts an instrument panel upon inflation of the airbag.

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