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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiro Ooka, Fujinomiya, JP;
Yohei Kiuchi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Akihiko Yamami, Fujinomiya, JP;
Yuta Inaba, Fujinomiya, JP;
NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya-Shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An airbag includes: an airbag body formed in a bag shape with an occupant-side panel facing an occupant and an opposite-side panel facing a steering wheel in a deployed state; and a flow regulator arranged inside the airbag body and configured to regulate a direction of flow of gas supplied from an inflator. The flow regulator includes: a flow-regulator body arranged such that at least part of the flow-regulator body faces the inflator; fixed portions provided at mutually separated positions on the flow-regulator body and fixed to the opposite-side panel; and a notch provided between the fixed portions in a recessed shape toward a center of the flow-regulator body and forming a gas passage port between the notch and the opposite-side panel, the gas passage port being a port through which the gas supplied from the inflator flows.