Front seat airbag system
First Claim
1. A front seat airbag system comprising:
- a driver'"'"'s seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a driver'"'"'s seat by being supplied with gas;
a passenger seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat by being supplied with gas; and
a center airbag which is accommodated in an instrument panel together with the passenger seat airbag, the center airbag is a bag body independent of the passenger airbag and, when supplied with gas, is inflated and deployed on a vehicle central side of the passenger seat airbag in a vehicle width direction; and
wherein a region on a rear end side of the center airbag, in a vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, is connected to a region on a rear end side of the passenger seat airbag, in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, via a tear seam to connect the center airbag and the passenger seat airbag from a front end side of the center airbag to the rear end side of the center airbag, in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state,wherein the tear seam is configured to be broken during the inflation and deployment process of the center airbag such that the center airbag is separate from the passenger seat airbag, in the vehicle width direction, when the inflation and expansion of the center airbag is completed.
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Abstract
A front seat airbag system includes: a driver'"'"'s seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a driver'"'"'s seat by being supplied with gas; a passenger seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat by being supplied with gas; and a center airbag which is accommodated in an instrument panel together with the passenger seat airbag and when supplied with gas, inflated and deployed on a vehicle central side of the passenger seat airbag in a vehicle width direction such that a rear end side thereof in the vehicle longitudinal direction is configured to separate in the vehicle width direction from the rear end side of the passenger seat airbag in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
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20 Claims
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1. A front seat airbag system comprising:
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a driver'"'"'s seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a driver'"'"'s seat by being supplied with gas; a passenger seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat by being supplied with gas; and a center airbag which is accommodated in an instrument panel together with the passenger seat airbag, the center airbag is a bag body independent of the passenger airbag and, when supplied with gas, is inflated and deployed on a vehicle central side of the passenger seat airbag in a vehicle width direction; and wherein a region on a rear end side of the center airbag, in a vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, is connected to a region on a rear end side of the passenger seat airbag, in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, via a tear seam to connect the center airbag and the passenger seat airbag from a front end side of the center airbag to the rear end side of the center airbag, in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, wherein the tear seam is configured to be broken during the inflation and deployment process of the center airbag such that the center airbag is separate from the passenger seat airbag, in the vehicle width direction, when the inflation and expansion of the center airbag is completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A front seat airbag system comprising:
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a driver'"'"'s seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a driver'"'"'s seat by being supplied with gas; a passenger seat airbag which is inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat by being supplied with gas; and a center airbag which is accommodated in an instrument panel together with the passenger seat airbag, the center airbag is a bag body independent of the passenger airbag and, when supplied with gas, is inflated and deployed on a vehicle central side of the passenger seat airbag in a vehicle width direction; and wherein a region on a rear end side of the center airbag, in a vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, is connected to a region on a rear end side of the passenger seat airbag, in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, via a tear seam such that the center airbag contacts the passenger seat airbag from a front end side of the center airbag to the rear end side of the center airbag, in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the inflated and deployed state, wherein the tear seam is configured to be broken during the inflation and deployment process of the center airbag such that the center airbag is separate from the passenger seat airbag, in the vehicle width direction, when the inflation and expansion of the center airbag is completed.
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