Airbag apparatus
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1. An airbag apparatus for protecting an occupant in a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag having a plurality of divided chambers therein;
a gas generator attached to the airbag for inflating the same; and
a gas distributor attached to the gas generator for directly supplying gas to each of the plurality of the chambers, said gas distributor covering only a lower part of the gas generator and having one gas outlet at a bottom thereof oriented downwardly to eject the gas downwardly and another gas outlet at a side thereof oriented laterally to eject the gas laterally so that said gas generator supplies the gas to each of the plurality of the chambers through each of the gas outlets of the gas distributor.
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Abstract
An airbag apparatus includes an airbag having an interior divided into a plurality of chambers, and a gas generator for inflating the airbag so that gas is guided directly to each chamber from the gas generator. Further, a gas distributor having a plurality of gas outlets is attached to a gas outlet of the gas generator. The gas is supplied to the respective chambers through the gas outlets of the gas distributor.
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1. An airbag apparatus for protecting an occupant in a vehicle, comprising:
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an airbag having a plurality of divided chambers therein; a gas generator attached to the airbag for inflating the same; and a gas distributor attached to the gas generator for directly supplying gas to each of the plurality of the chambers, said gas distributor covering only a lower part of the gas generator and having one gas outlet at a bottom thereof oriented downwardly to eject the gas downwardly and another gas outlet at a side thereof oriented laterally to eject the gas laterally so that said gas generator supplies the gas to each of the plurality of the chambers through each of the gas outlets of the gas distributor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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