Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Soken, Inc.

Kazutaka Katoh

Masahiro Taguchi

Naoki Nakane

Shigenori Kobayashi

Kazuo Sakakibara

Masatada Yoshida

Satosi Kuwakado

Noriaki Kawai

Atsushi Hashikawa

Toshiaki Matsuhashi

Tetsuro Kikuchi

Masayasu Kato

Masayuki Ohashi

An airbag device which includes a passenger seat airbag module and driver's seat airbag module, detects a vehicle collision by means of an electronic control unit (ECU) thereof and inflates the airbags upon the vehicle collision. In the airbag device, the ECU and passenger seat airbag module are formed as a single unit which is installed in the passenger seat dashboard.

Airbag device provided with airbags located on driver's seat side and

An inflater and a control unit are integrally formed so that connector cables for electrically connecting the inflater and the control unit can be shortened to the minimum required length. In some cases, the inflater and the control unit are directly connected by soldering their terminals, and a space for disposing the connector cables is not provided in a steering wheel. Thus, the cone depth can be made as small as possible.

Air bag device having a minimized cone depth

An airbag of an airbag system is formed by sewing an edge of at least one piece of cloth two-dimensionally like a balloon. An airbag installation hole which introduces gas from an inflator into the airbag is off set from a center position of the airbag in back and forth direction of a vehicle to be away from a vehicular occupant. The airbag system is installed in an interior component of a vehicle so that the airbag inflates upwards rather than horizontally. When the airbag is inflated completely, the airbag projects towards the vehicular occupant because the airbag installation hole is formed in the off-centered position. Therefore, it is possible to fill a gap efficiency in front of the vehicular occupant with the inflated airbag and protect the vehicular occupant sufficiently.

Airbag system

An airbag safety module for automotive vehicles is provided. This module includes a box-like cover and a housing. The cover incorporates therein an airbag, an inflator, and an airbag control unit and has a plurality of openings formed in its side wall. The housing includes a base wall on which the airbag and the inflator are mounted and a side wall having thereon a plurality of protrusions engageble with the openings of the cover, respectively to complete the airbag safety module. Each of the protrusions is shaped to allow the housing to be inserted into the cover in an assembling direction of completing the airbag safety module to engage one of the openings of the cover while restricting the cover from being disengaged from the housing in a disassembling direction opposite to the assembling direction.

Airbag safety module for vehicle

A system for controlling the throttling of intake air and pressure of fuel injection in a diesel engine, including an intake air throttling mechanism in an intake air passage and a fuel injection apparatus in a swirl chamber. The fuel injection pressure of the fuel injection apparatus is variable. The intake air throttling mechanism is operated in accordance with predetermined operating parameters of the engine to reduce the fuel injection pressure when necessary.

System for controlling throttling of intake air and pressure of fuel

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Okazaki, Japan

Kazutaka Katoh