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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Takashi Aoki, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Honda, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiro Seki, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Saito, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyko, JP;
Abstract
A side impact air bag apparatus located in a seat back of a vehicle for directly initiating an air bag longitudinally before completely inflating the bag in the width direction. The side impact air bag has a casing with an interior, a support for an inflator and a bag enclosing the inflator. The bag is capable of direct inflation longitudinally before completely inflating in the width direction. The bag is arranged inside the casing to have, a forward middle portion associated with the inflator, a right base cloth portion extending from the right of the forward middle portion and having first angled bellow folds of cloth, a left base cloth portion extending from the left of the forward middle portion and having second angled bellow folds of cloth, and an interior gas flow passage extending between the forward middle portion and the inflator, such that gas generated by the inflator easily reaches the forward middle portion through the interior gas flow passage and pushes the forward middle portion out in a longitudinal direction before the first bellow folds and the second bellow folds are inflated.