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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Yasuhito Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhito Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an airbag that is folded up in a normal state and is inflated and deployed in an emergency state. The airbag includes: a base fabric; a tether sewn to the base fabric and configured to restrict a shape of the airbag when the airbag is inflated and deployed. The base fabric has a first pin hole therethrough in a contact region where the base fabric and the tether contacts each other, and the tether has a second pin hole therethrough in the contact region, wherein a position of the second pin hole corresponds to a position of the first pin hole. The tether has a folded back portion sewn to the tether and covering the first and second pin holes. The respective first and second pin holes are configured to receive a positioning pin for fixing the base fabric and tether to each other.