Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-24
2008-08-05
Ellis, Christopher (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S732000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07407180
ABSTRACT:
An air bag apparatus includes a folded air bag, an inflator arranged to discharge a high pressure gas into the air bag at a collision of the vehicle, and a container member receiving the air bag, covering a non-deployment side of the air bag, and retaining the inflator. The container member includes a rigid base plate supporting the inflator and the air bag, covering one part of the non-deployment side of the air bag, and supporting a reaction force of the air bag at a deployment of the air bag, and a flexible panel including a connecting portion connected with the base plate, covering the other part of the non-deployment side of the air bag, and being arranged to restrict inflation of the air bag on the non-deployment side at the deployment of the air bag.
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Goto Norimasa
Yokoyama Aki
Ellis Christopher
Nihon Plast Co. Ltd.
Rocca Joseph
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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