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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Kazuhiro Abe, Minato-ku, JP;
Yasuhito Miyata, Minato-ku, JP;
Masayoshi Kumagai, Minato-ku, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provide an airbag, an airbag apparatus, and an air-discharging method of the airbag which are able to reduce the pressure loss during inflation and deployment of the airbag, or is able to demonstrate the impact absorbing capability of the airbag apparatus efficiently depending on the physical structure of an occupant. [Solving Means] The airbag apparatus of the present invention includes a gas generatorconfigured to generate gas under predetermined conditions, an airbagconnected to the gas generatorand configured to be inflated and deployed, and a retainerconfigured to store the airbag, and the airbagincludes a protrusionwhich forms a portion protruding outward partly on the airbag, a vent holeformed on the protrusion, a strapconnected at one end to the protrusionand at the other end to the interior of the airbag, and an insertion holeconfigured to guide the other end of the strapinto the interior of the airbag, and the vent holeis arranged in an area where the protrusionand the airbagare overlapped with each other when the protrusionis pulled by the strap