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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186714 | Inflatable airbag assembly with an airbag housing vent panel Vents in inflatable airbags can be used to soften airbags during deployment by allowing inflation gas to exit from the interior of the airbag. Airbag vents can be used in conjunction with vents in an airbag housing and a vent panel that can align with the airbag ven... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186713 | Vented air bag An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12). The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) that includes panel (100) of material that helps define an inflatable volu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172261 | Air bag module with actuatable vent part An apparatus (10b) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14b). An inflation fluid source provides inflation fluid for inflating the protection device (14b). A structure (320) for supporting the pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152199 | Passive airbag venting An occupant protection apparatus comprises an inflatable airbag with a panel, the panel including a first vent opening that permits inflation fluid to escape out of the airbag; and a valve sheet including a second vent opening movable relative to the first vent open... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146943 | Knee airbag device for vehicle It is an object to ensure that, even when knee regions of an occupant are in a near state with respect to a storage section of a knee airbag at the time of a frontal collision of a vehicle, the knee regions can be restrained appropriately by the knee airbag. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141902 | Airbag device An airbag (10) has a vent hole (18) in one side end portion. One end of a third base fabric (20) is sewn to the airbag (10) through a first sewn portion (23) that closes the vent hole (18), and the other end of the third bas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128124 | Airbag cushion and airbag apparatus There is provided an airbag cushion which is configured to allow the joint between a distal end portion of a lid member and the airbag cushion by a separable joint member to be released easily and rapidly as a whole, and is able to be inflatable rapidly and substant... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123248 | Side airbag apparatus A plurality of vent holes are formed on an airbag body and each vent hole is blocked by an elongate blocking member. An end of the blocking member is fixed to the airbag body and other portions are temporarily fixed to an opposite inner surface of the airbag body. W... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8087692 | Airbag for a motor vehicle An airbag for a motor vehicle is provided The airbag comprising an airbag covering, two covering sections of the airbag covering facing each other, a discharge opening formed in one of the two covering sections for discharging gas out of the airbag, a connecting mea... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8061734 | Dynamic airbag venting An example airbag assembly includes an airbag having an airbag opening and a duct adjacent the airbag opening. A tether is configured to move the duct between a first position and a second position. The duct communicates a first flow from the duct through the airbag... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8020889 | Passive airbag venting An occupant protection apparatus comprises an inflatable airbag with a panel, the panel including a first vent opening that permits inflation fluid to escape out of the airbag; and a valve sheet including a second vent opening movable relative to the first vent open... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020891 | Vehicular airbag device A vehicular airbag device includes an airbag and an opening degree change portion. The airbag is folded and accommodated in an accommodation portion provided in front of a vehicle seat. The airbag is deployed toward an occupant seated in the vehicular seat by being ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020890 | Apparatus and method for controlling an inflatable cushion A control device for modifying the deployment characteristics of an inflatable cushion of an airbag module is disclosed herein, the control device having a releasable retention device releasably secured to an inner surface of the inflatable cushion at a first locati... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7997614 | Airbag device Intended is to always provide effective impact reduction by releasing gas at a timing of pushing into airbag. An airbag (10) has a vent hole (18) in one side end portion. One end of a third base fabric (20) is sewn to the airbag (10 | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992897 | Airbag device To enhance an occupant restraining force of an airbag, and to improve a protective function for an occupant of an airbag device by discharging gas without fail regardless of a position of the occupant, an airbag (10) is divided into a first chamber (10... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7959184 | Front passenger seat air bag apparatus A passenger seat air bag apparatus includes an air bag which is housed folded inside an instrument panel, and inflates toward a passenger who is seated in a front passenger seat with a supply of gas during a frontal collision, and which has a vent hole that can be o... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7946618 | Airbag device An airbag device includes: a bag body that is deployed by internal pressure rising as a gas is supplied into the bag body; and a gas pressure adjustment portion that is provided on the bag body so as to be able to release the gas from the inside of the bag body duri... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7931298 | Dynamic airbag venting An example airbag assembly includes an airbag and a duct. The duct has a duct opening for venting gas. The duct is moveable between a first position where the duct opening is outside the airbag and a second position where the duct opening is inside the airbag. Infla... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931297 | Airbag and airbag device An airbag and an airbag device are provided in which an openable-closable vent hole opens or significantly opens even if an object, such as a child seat, comes into contact with a lower portion of the airbag in an inflated state. A covering member (20) covers... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922197 | Vehicle airbag device A vehicle airbag device includes: an airbag which is housed in a folded state when a gas generation portion is not activated, and which inflates and deploys by receiving gas when the gas generation portion is activated, and whose two side portions are provided with ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7891704 | Side airbag device A side airbag device provided at a seat back of a seat, comprises an airbag including a chest-abdomen protection portion to protect a chest and abdomen of an occupant seated and a waist protection portion to protect a waist of the occupant, and an inflator to supply... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883110 | Airbag and airbag apparatus An airbag includes a vent and a gas discharge limitation member to limit gas discharged from the vent. The limitation member includes at least one invertible portion on a surface on a side opposite the occupant-facing surface of the airbag and capable everting towar... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883109 | Dynamic airbag venting An example airbag assembly includes an airbag and a duct having an opening for venting gas. The duct moves between a first position where the opening is outside the airbag and a second position where the opening is inside the airbag. Inflating the airbag moves the d... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878538 | Airbag and airbag apparatus An airbag is constructed such that a gas-discharging amount from a venthole becomes largest when an occupant contacts a center portion, in the left and right direction, of an occupant-facing surface of the expanded airbag. In the airbag, a hanging strap couples a ce... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878537 | Airbag cushion An airbag with a venting assembly. An airbag can include a panel with at least one vent opening and a valve sheet with at least one vent opening and at least one tear tab. The panel and valve sheet can be arranged so that the vent openings of the panel and the vent ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874583 | Airbag arrangement An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system includes an inflatable airbag having at least one outflow opening through which gas can flow out of the airbag. The airbag arrangement also includes a stretchable element including a covering structure fo... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874584 | Sealing patch for the ventilation hole of a non-siliconized cushion of an airbag module The invention relates to an airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle in the event of a collision, comprising a cushion (11) that can expand with the gas provided by a generator with at least one ventilation hole (13) sealed with a patch ( | 01/25/2011 |
| 7845680 | Airbag and airbag apparatus An airbag capable of starting a tearing operation of a line-shaped connecting portion on an outer periphery side after entire line-shaped connecting portion on an inner periphery side is torn, and an airbag apparatus provided with the airbag. Each of halfway portion... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7828326 | Adaptive airbag with a tension retension band that shapes bag areas into a V Airbag module for protecting an occupant of car with a bag (11) that includes a main front panel (17) and main rear panel (19) connected by its ends and a retention band (21) connected to the panels in two opposite ends (31, 33), c... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828325 | Air-bag and a method of controlling pressure within an air-bag An air-bag (1) is provided with a vent aperture (2). A membrane (3) extends across the vent aperture, the membrane defining a smaller aperture (4) than the vent aperture (2). The periphery of the aperture is defined by a thickened ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828327 | Airbag apparatus An airbag apparatus includes a tether interconnecting a front fabric of an airbag and an inflator to retain the airbag in an occupant restraining deployed configuration. Back fabric of the airbag has an opening portion for discharging gas, ejected from the inflator ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810839 | Side airbag with an adaptive venting device The present invention relates to a side airbag for an automotive vehicle comprising a venting regulation device formed by a part made of a flexible material (21) joined to the inflatable cushion (11) such that it can completely or partially close or fr... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810841 | Airbag apparatus An airbag apparatus includes an airbag with a first hole and a second hole; a tube vent disposed outside the airbag, wherein a proximal end portion of the tube vent is connected to a portion of the airbag, which is located around the first hole, so that communicatio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810840 | Airbag with a venting regulation device An airbag for automotive vehicles with a gas venting regulation device assembled around a venting opening (11) comprising a first part (15) joined to the inflatable cushion (13) covering the venting opening (11), formed by an elastic area... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798524 | Air bag module with vent An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant (16) of a vehicle (12). The apparatus (12) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) that is inflatable to help protect the vehicle occupant (16). A vent openi... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784828 | Dual depth airbag with active venting An inflatable airbag cushion assembly with a release device for electronic communication with a sensor in a vehicle. The cushion assumes two different configurations depending on the occupant's position. The configurations are achieved via tethers along with closeab... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780192 | Air bag system An air bag system includes an inflator operable to release inflation fluid, an inflatable cushion inflatable upon release of inflation fluid from the inflator, an air bag housing substantially surrounding the cushion, and an internal valve in fluid communication wit... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770921 | Airbag for protection of a vehicle occupant In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides a side airbag for protection of a vehicle occupant. The side airbag is adapted to be inflated by gas from an inflator. The side airbag comprises a side panel which forms an exterior of the side airbag. The s... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770922 | Cushion and housing vents for inflatable cushion airbags An airbag assembly comprising a housing with an inflatable airbag cushion disposed therein and at least one vent aperture attached to the inflatable airbag cushion, wherein during inflatable airbag cushion deployment with an obstruction, the at least one vent apertu... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766384 | Protection cover of the bag ventilation orifice of an airbag module Airbag module to protect a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision comprising an expandable bag (11) with gas provided by a generator with, at least, one ventilation orifice (13) sealed with a patch that comprises an elastic membrane (25) d... | 08/03/2010 |
