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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an occupant protecting device including an expandable bag housed within a belt for holding back an occupant upon collision of a vehicle, an outlet opening,in a buckle-side duct,and an inlet opening,in a tongue-side duct,are opposed to each other through a gap &agr;, and a seal member,made of a rubber and integrally provided with an outer lip portion,and an inner breakable portion,is mounted to the outlet opening,. When a gas generated by an inflater upon collision of the vehicle is supplied to the buckle-side duct, the breakable portion,of the seal member,is broken to bring the lip portion,into close contact with the inlet opening,, so that the gas is supplied from the buckle-side duct,through the tongue-side duct,to a shoulder belt, thereby expanding a bag housed in the shoulder belt. Thus, it is possible to easily and reliably perform the sealing of a gas passage in a connection between a buckle,and a tongue