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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Ichiro Amamori, Shiga, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airbag apparatus configured so that an amount of gas introduced into an airbag is varied by shifting the position of a closing member to open vent openings. The apparatus includes a mechanism for preventing gas generated by a gas generator from leaking through the vent openings when the closing member is closed. A base of the airbag is clamped between a heat shield plate and a retainer. The retainer includes vent openings and the base of the airbag covers the vent openings. The heat shield plate has openings corresponding to the vent openings for allowing gas to flow out of the retainer. The closing member has a plurality of openings, for allowing the gas to flow out, at the same disposing interval as that of the vent openings. When the airbag is not inflated, the openings are positioned so as to be out of line with the vent openings.