Takata Corporation

Kenji Hiraoka

Atsushi Noguchi

Akifumi Takedomi

Takeshi Kurimoto

An airbag system includes at least an airbag and a gas supply device. The airbag is mounted to an upper part of a sidewall of a vehicle and has a function of protecting an occupant by inflating downwardly into an occupant protection region between the occupant and the sidewall of the vehicle in a car accident such as a side crash or rolling sideways. The gas supply device having a gas generating function supplies inflation gas to the airbag. The airbag has a folded portion and an extending portion. The folded portion is folded in a predetermined folded shape in advance. The extending portion extends downwardly along the folded portion so as to cover a side of the folded portion from an interior side of the vehicle when the airbag is mounted to the vehicle.

Airbag system

An airbag apparatus includes an airbag to be deployed and inflated in a passenger protection area between a vehicle passenger and a vehicle side wall portion in case of vehicle accident. The airbag has a head chamber for protecting a head of a vehicle passenger and a chest chamber for protecting a chest portion of the passenger. A gas supply device is provided for simultaneously supplying gas to the head chamber and the chest chamber. A pressure adjusting device adjusts an internal pressure of the head chamber to a level higher than an internal pressure of the chest chamber at the time of deployment and inflation of the airbag.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Kenji Hiraoka