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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
TAKATA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provide an airbag unit smaller in size and lighter in weight, and capable of being rapidly expanded, and a method of folding an airbag. [Solution] An airbag unit, configured to cover at least a part of a windshieldand a front pillaroutside of a vehicle, includes an airbagformed in a U-shape including a bottom portion and a pair of projecting portions respectively projecting from the bottom portion, a gas generatorthat ejects gas into the airbag, a lower cover unitthat accommodates therein the unexpanded airbagand the gas generator, and an upper cover unitthat covers the lower cover unitcontaining therein the airbag. The airbagis expanded by the gas ejected from the gas generatorthrough between a hoodthe windshieldof the vehicle