US5945184A
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Air bag for air bag apparatus
Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-05-06
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Granted: 1999-08-31
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Expires: 2017-05-06
Abstract
Abstract An air bag has an air bag main body and a sheet. The air bag main body is formed into such a sac like shape as having a circumferential wall portion that extends in a sleeve-like form from a peripheral edge of an opening and a bottom wall portion that closes the circumferential wall portion. The sheet is arranged so as to extend from the peripheral edge of the opening to the bottom wall portion via the circumferential wall portion in such a manner that the air bag main body is split into two parts, and the sheet has a communicating hole. The sheet in sewn only to a portion of the peripheral edge of the opening in the circumferential wall portion and to a portion of the bottom wall portion.
Inventors
- 👤 Norinari Nagata
- 👤 Yuji Kuriyama
- 👤 Shinichi Imazu
- 👤 Ikuo Yamada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 05:20
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/23; B60R21/231; B60R21/233; B60R2021/23324; B60R21/237; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1334; Y10T428/1345; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1362; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24793; Y10T428/24802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
An air bag for an air bag apparatus comprising: a sac-like air bag main body having a circumferential wall portion and a bottom wall portion defining an interior space, said circumferential wall portion extending in a sleeve-like form from a peripheral edge defining an opening and including side wall portions arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of the main body, said bottom wall portion closing said circumferential wall portion; said air bag main body including (i) a single piece of fabric forming the upper, lower, and bottom wall portions, and (ii) two separate pieces of fabric respectively forming the left and right side wall portions, said two separate pieces of fabric being sewn to opposite edges extending about the single piece of fabric; an interiorly positioned sheet attached and arranged to extend between a portion of the peripheral edge defining the opening and said bottom wall portion in such a manner that the interior of said air bag main body is split into a plurality of chambers, said sheet having a communicating hole formed therein; and wherein said sheet is unconnected to said left and right side wall portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
An air bag for an air bag apparatus comprising: a sac-like air bag main body having a circumferential wall portion and a bottom wall portion defining an interior space, said circumferential wall portion extending in a sleeve-like form from a peripheral edge defining an opening and including side wall portions arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of the main body, said bottom wall portion closing said circumferential wall portion; said air bag main body including (i) a single piece of fabric forming the upper, lower, and bottom wall portions, and (ii) two separate pieces of fabric respectively forming the left and right side wall portions, said two separate pieces of fabric being sewn to opposite edges extending about the single piece of fabric; an interiorly positioned sheet attached and arranged to extend between a portion of the peripheral edge defining the opening and said bottom wall portion in such a manner that the interior of said air bag main body is split into a plurality of chambers, said sheet having a communicating hole formed therein; and wherein said sheet is unconnected to said left and right side wall portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
72 words
The air bag for an air bag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said sheet includes a front side end portion and a rear side end portion respectively positioned at a front portion of the peripheral edge of said opening and said bottom wall portion, said front side end portion being sewn to the peripheral edge of said opening and said rear side end portion being sewn to said bottom wall portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The air bag for an air bag apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the air bag main body is split into more than two chambers by a plurality of sheets, each sheet having only the front side end portion and the rear side end portion sewn to the peripheral edge of the opening and the bottom wall portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
An air bag for an air bag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a folded air bag is disposed on an upper portion of an instrument panel, and a front side end portion of said sheet is sewn to a rear side portion of the peripheral edge of said opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The air bag for an air bag apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said sheet is attached adjacent said lower side.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2002-08-30 | 2003-03-01 | 2003-08-31 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2006-08-30 | 2007-03-01 | 2007-08-31 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2010-08-30 | 2011-03-01 | 2011-08-31 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |