Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-17
2010-12-07
Morris, Lesley D. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
active
07845683
ABSTRACT:
An air bag system includes an air bag folded so that an occupant-restraining face of the air bag which restrains an occupant upon a deployment is hidden inside a central portion of the folded air bag, and a retaining member for covering said folded air bag. The air bag is deployed by breaking a breaking portion provided on the retaining member, whereupon the retaining member is opened so that it is divided into a plurality of deployment-inhibiting portions, and the plurality of deployment-inhibiting portions are brought into engagement with an upper block and a lower block of an outer peripheral portion of the air bag deployed from the folded state, respectively, thereby delaying the deployment of the outer peripheral portion. Therefore, the occupant-restraining face of the folded air bag can be deployed at the very first to effectively restrain the occupant.
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Fukuda Kanichi
Kobata Seiji
Sato Masahiro
Blackman William D.
Carrier Joseph P.
Carrier Blackman & Associates P.C.
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Morris Lesley D.
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