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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noriyuki Kosugi, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807432 ; 2807431 ;
Abstract
An air bag device to be mounted in a steering wheel of a vehicle comprises an air bag, an inflator which generates to deploy the air bag, a retainer to which the air bag and the inflator are attached, and a cover attached to the retainer to cover the air bag, wherein the air bag device has lugs on the periphery of the air bag. Each of the lugs is attached to the retainer and has tear strength such that the lug is torn by the tensile force applied to the air bag after it is deployed in front of the retainer in the process of deployment of the air bag.