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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masashi Hotta, Kiyosu, JP;
Takashi Iida, Kiyosu, JP;
Yuji Sato, Kiyosu, JP;
Ikuo Yamada, Kiyosu, JP;
Mikine Hayashi, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An airbag is inflatable in such a manner as to separate a vehicle-side wall which is deployable towards a vehicle body structure and an occupant-side wall which is deployable towards an occupant for catching the occupant. The airbag is configured to be supported by the vehicle body structure on the vehicle-side wall when catching the occupant with the occupant-side wall. The airbag includes a recessed section on left and right sides of and in a vicinity of the center of the occupant-side wall and a tether that connects the bottom of the recessed section to the vehicle-side wall in order to form the recessed section. Opposing walls of the recessed section press each other in a separable fashion when the airbag is inflated. The tether allows gas communication between a central region of the airbag and a peripheral region of the airbag which surrounds the central region, inside the airbag.