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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186707 | Knee airbag device for a vehicle In a knee airbag device for a vehicle, which has upper and lower tethers that extend in a vehicle width direction and regulate a bag thickness of an airbag, and in which gas from an inflator is supplied between the upper and lower tethers, it is aimed to make a flow... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8128122 | Mounting structure of knee airbag device and electric power steering drive motor A knee airbag device and a drive motor for an electric power steering device are mounted to a steering column so as to achieve improved mass balance about an instrument panel reinforcement member. A drive motor for an electric power steering device is mounted at a p... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118325 | Inflatable knee airbags and internal tethers produced from single panels of material An airbag assembly with a reduced-cost knee airbag cushion and internal tethers can be formed from a single rectangular panel of material so that there is very little material waste. A pleat can be formed in a rear face so that the combination of tethers and pleat h... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8100433 | Knee-restraining airbag device [PROBLEMS] To improve expansion performance of an airbag. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A knee-restraining airbag device (B) has an inflator (11), the airbag (12), an aesthetically designed cover (13) installed at the lower part of an inte... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087690 | Airbag system for vehicle An airbag system for a vehicle may include an inflator for supplying gas pressure, an airbag housing installed in a vehicle roof above a seat, and an airbag cushion installed in the airbag housing, wherein the airbag is deployed by tearing a roof headliner using the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8042831 | Air bag Described is a gas bag for a motor vehicle with a gas bag envelope surrounding a gas space, wherein the gas bag envelope comprises a front section (12) having an impact area (12a) and a rear section (14) directly connected with the front ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029016 | Knee-protecting airbag device An airbag of a knee-protecting airbag device is prevented from being damaged during inflation and deployment, and the airbag is allowed to deploy evenly on the left and right sides to improve occupant protection function. The inside of an airbag (10) is defin... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997611 | Safety arrangement in a vehicle seat The invention relates to a safety device in a vehicle seat with a seat frame on which a seat cushion is fitted, and with an airbag unit with a gas generator and an airbag, which airbag unit is arranged on the seat frame below the seat cushion. It is the object of th... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988185 | Knee-protecting airbag apparatus The knee-protecting airbag apparatus includes an airbag folded and housed in a lower area inside the column cover. The airbag pushes and opens a door section on the column cover upon deployment. When the door section is thus opened, a door of the door section blocks... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980589 | Inflatable bolster This invention is in the field of safety devices to lessen injuries arising from impact in vehicles, particularly automobiles. A bolster which may be employed to reduce impact severity to passengers from either frontal or side impacts is activated by impact sensing ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963550 | Knee airbag and method of folding the same Provided is a knee airbag capable of adjusting the height and width of the airbag upon deployment thereof and deploying the airbag along a lower crash panel. The knee airbag is installed at a lower crash panel and has an inflator installed at a predetermined positio... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954845 | Knee-protecting airbag device The inflation and deployment speed of an airbag of a knee-protecting airbag device is increased to quickly deploy the airbag to a position where it can protect the knees of the occupant, thereby improving the occupant protection function. An airbag (10), from... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7926840 | Airbag device for vehicles An airbag device for vehicles, which can be expanded with gas in the event of a vehicle collision and efficiently protects the head a passenger sitting in the rear seat of the vehicle. The airbag device for a vehicle, may include an inflator, and an airbag cushion r... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926839 | Head and neck restraint system A head and neck restraint system for an individual in a motor vehicle includes a securely anchored seat with a conventional lap belt and shoulder belt with the lap belt extending across an individual's lap and pelvic region. The shoulder belt is fixed above and behi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914038 | Airbag system An airbag system includes an airbag, and the airbag includes an airbag body having a passenger-side wall portion that is arranged at a passenger side when having completed deploying and inflating, and a slip cloth that is disposed at an outer surface side of the pas... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909356 | Airbag apparatus An airbag apparatus includes an airbag that has a first portion and a second portion. The airbag is folded such that the first portion approaches the second portion. The folded airbag has an elongated shape extending along a first direction. An inlet 12a | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909357 | Airbag apparatus An airbag 33 has a plurality of vertical inflatable cells 37 to 40 each serving as an inflatable portion and non-inflatable portions 41, 45, each of which is arranged between a corresponding adjacent pair of the vertical inflatable cells ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7896386 | Vehicle knee airbag device and method of deploying vehicle knee airbag In a knee airbag attached to a steering column, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed quickly to a small space between an instrument panel and the knees of a vehicle occupant in a collision. A knee airbag 36 of a knee airbag device 10 is form... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891700 | Airbag for knee protection An airbag for knee protection includes at the center in a left and right direction of the upper edge an accommodation recess that recesses downward for accommodating an underside of the column cover. An outer wall of the upper region of the airbag is comprised of a ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878532 | Knee-protecting airbag apparatus A knee-protecting airbag apparatus is mountable on a door of a glove box that has a box body provided with an opening at the rear and the door. The airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a generally columnar inflator housed in the airbag, a case housing the airbag and... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878531 | Seat device To provide a seat device that can provide a smooth and stable deployment performance of an airbag. A seat device includes a backrest 1B, an airbag 11, and an upper guide member 41 and a lower guide member 42. The backrest 1B... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878530 | Rear-impact airbag apparatus A rear-impact airbag apparatus for use in a vehicle has an inflator and an airbag accommodated in an accommodation portion formed in the roof of the vehicle. When supplied with gas from the inflator, the airbag pops out of the accommodation portion and is inflated a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7862074 | Energy absorption systems for vehicles A vehicle includes an energy absorber that is positionable rearward of a passenger seat to absorb energy from a force having a forward component and being directed toward the rear surface of the passenger seat. In one exemplary embodiment, the energy absorber is a c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862075 | Bracket for use in curtain airbag and curtain airbag apparatus A curtain airbag bracket is used to assemble a curtain airbag having an attaching piece, and an inflator connected to the curtain airbag, and to attach the same to a vehicle body. The inflator is connected to the curtain airbag for supplying a pressurized fluid for ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850198 | Knee protection apparatus for vehicle occupant A knee protection apparatus includes an airbag and an airbag support that is attached to the airbag. Upon deployment of the airbag, the airbag support together expands so as to cover the instrument panel and thus help the airbag smoothly expand. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845673 | Occupant leg portion constraining apparatus An occupant leg part restraint apparatus including a cover cloth for preventing an air bag inflated and developed under a steering column (steering column cover) from interfering with an auxiliary key, in which the cover cloth can be rapidly projected to the upper s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837222 | Airbag apparatus and motorcycle having the same A technique is provided effective in smoothing the airbag deploying motion of an airbag apparatus to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag apparatus mounted to a motorcycle is constructed to hold the loose portions of elongated webbings that join an air... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828320 | Knee protecting airbag device In a knee protecting airbag device of the present invention, in the lower area inside a column cover, a case housing an airbag is attached to a steering column. The steering column includes a movable member for moving toward the front side of a vehicle along the axi... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828319 | Airbag for pedestrian and airbag apparatus for pedestrian An airbag is disclosed, in which at least a part of the inside thereof is partitioned into cells. In one form, an airbag apparatus for a pedestrian includes a case for housing a folded airbag, an inflator for inflating the airbag, and a lid that closes an opening of... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823911 | Knee protecting air bag apparatus A knee protecting air bag apparatus M1 is mounted to a column cover 16 for covering a column cover 16 for covering a steering column. In operating the apparatus M1, a contained air bag 45 is supplied with an expanding gas G and is ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819419 | Occupant protection device An occupant protection device includes an airbag 10 that is inflated with gas from an inflator 20 at a side of an occupant B to protect the body of the occupant B from the shoulder Ba to the lumbar Bd, the airbag 10 having substantially the same... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819420 | Knee-protecting airbag apparatus The knee-protecting airbag apparatus is mounted on a lower region of a column cover covering a steering column of vehicle projecting rearward from an instrument panel. The airbag (47) folded and housed in a housing emerges and spreads in four directions from ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810837 | Inflatable restraint system with deployment trajectory controller An inflatable restraint system for selectively restraining an occupant of a motorized vehicle is presented herein. The inflatable restraint system includes a bladder having forward and rearward panel portions. The bladder is attached to the vehicle instrument panel,... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806431 | Airbag for a front passenger's seat An airbag for a front passenger's seat includes a left outer panel, right outer panel, left inner panel and right inner panel. The left and right outer panels are prepared as laterally symmetrical separate entities. Each of the left and right inner panels includes a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798522 | Occupant restraining apparatus An occupant restraining apparatus that allows for a comfortable seat cushion and does not require an installation space for an inflator along a side of a seat frame is provided. An inflatable seat bag 20 is disposed above a seat pan 5. The seat bag ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798521 | Lower limb protecting airbag apparatus A lower limb protecting airbag apparatus M1 is provided in front of the lower limbs L of an occupant D seated in a seat. At the collision of vehicles, the lower limb protecting airbag apparatus is operated to be able to protect the lower limbs of the occupant... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789417 | Occupant restraining device An occupant restraining device that can maintain the internal pressure of a bag at a high level is provided. In one form, a bag has its left and right ends both provided with stationary sections that are fixed to a seat pan. The stationary sections have therebetween... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780189 | Airbag apparatus and motorcycle having the same A technique is provided that is effective in smoothing the airbag deploying motion of an airbag apparatus to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag apparatus mounted to a motorcycle is constructed to hold the loose portions of elongated webbings that joi... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766374 | Vehicle occupant restraint device comprising a gas bag A vehicle occupant restraint device has a gas bag module with a housing and a gas bag having a free exit end, the gas bag moving into its fully deployed position with the free exit end first. At least one control element is provided which engages the gas bag and for... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766375 | Pedestrian airbag apparatus A pedestrian airbag apparatus in which smooth inflation and deployment of an airbag are achieved without using an inflator having a high output is provided. An opening 3a for allowing passage of the airbag provided on a bonnet hood 3 is covered ... | 08/03/2010 |
