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Tension member for airbag, and airbag device

  • US 9,027,963 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2012
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tension member for an airbag connected to an airbag that is normally folded and housed in a structure of a vehicle and is inflated and deployed with gas supplied thereinto in a case of an emergency, the tension member being configured to control a shape or a function of the airbag by using tension, the tension member comprising:

  • two end portions connected to respective portions of the airbag that are movable relative to each other when the airbag is inflated and deployed, a widened portion provided between the two end portions, and a breaking section provided in the widened portion in such a manner as to extend in a direction of widening of the widened portion and configured to break depending on a magnitude of the tension applied between the two end portions,wherein the breaking section is configured such that left portions thereof and right portions thereof break alternately.

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