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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Manabe, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280731 ;
Abstract
An automobile air bag system for restraining and protecting a driver upon a collision includes a modular air bag device which is installed, as a subassembled unit, in a steering wheel. The modular air bag device has at least an air bag capable of unfolding and an electrically operated inflator unit for generating gas and inflating and unfolding the air bag with the gas. A bottom cover, assembled to a bottom of the air bag device, covers and protects at least a portion of a harness extending from and laying under the bottom of the air bag device against damage.