Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1994-03-18
1994-12-13
Johnson, Brian L.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280743A, B60R 2116, B60R 2124
Patent
active
053723813
ABSTRACT:
An air bag having inflatable ribs is provided for use in connection with a gas generator for protecting a passenger from injury due to impacts. A gas generator includes a housing, a gas generation device disposed inside the housing, an air bag fitted to the housing, and a gas jet opening. The air bag includes an air storage chamber for receiving air via a plurality of air intake ports disposed in the air bag and storing it therein. Also included are a plurality of hollow ribs each being disposed in the air storage chamber, each having one end thereof in communication with the gas jet opening. Each of the hollow ribs comprises a tube-like gas storage chamber for receiving a combustion gas via the gas jet opening and storing it therein. The gas storage chamber is equipped with an opening for supplying the combustion gas inside the gas storage chamber to the air storage chamber. Each of the hollow ribs has a predetermined length such that when the gas storage chamber is filled with combustion gas, the internal space defined by the plurality of the hollow ribs is equivalent to the volume of the air bag.
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Daicell Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Johnson Brian L.
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