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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Toshiyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Nishijima, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fuji, JP;
Abstract
An airbag module mounted on a boss section of a steering wheel of an automotive vehicle. The airbag module comprises an airbag which is inflatable and developable upon being supplied with gas. A cover is provided including a covering section for covering the airbag. A tearing line is formed at a surface of the covering section of the cover. The tearing line includes a central section having first and second ends which are opposite to each other, and first and second side sections to which the first and second ends of the central section are respectively connected. An inflator is provided having gas ejection openings through which gas is ejected. The gas ejection openings are located inside the airbag. A base member is provided such that the airbag is fixed thereto. Additionally, an opposite member is located opposite to the covering section of the cover and disposed inside the airbag. The opposite member includes a device for guiding gas from the gas ejection openings of the inflator toward first and second side sections of the tearing line of the covering section of the cover.