Air bag apparatus

Patent 5092628 Issued on March 3, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 18, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

3407667

3601081

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Self-contained air bag system
Patent #: 4167276
Issued on: 09/11/1979
Inventor: Bell , et al.

Passenger compartment sensor requiring substantial velocity change
Patent #: 4573706
Issued on: 03/04/1986
Inventor: Breed

Mechanism for releasing a latch of air bag door
Patent #: 4773673
Issued on: 09/27/1988
Inventor: Sakurai

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Issued on: 07/03/1990
Inventor: Fukuda, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 395522 filed on 08/18/1989

US Classes:

280/731, Deflated confinement located within or on steering column73/514.01, Acceleration determination utilizing inertial element280/734Responsive to vehicle condition

Examiners

Primary: Marmor, Charles A.
Assistant: Tyson, Karin L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oliff & Berridge

Foreign Patent References

63-100352 JP. 06/23/1988
63-212150 JP 09/23/1988

International Class

B60R 021/32

Foreign Application Priority Data

1988-08-23 JP

Abstract

An air bag apparatus is disclosed having a locking device which is adapted to prevent the inflation of a bag accommodated in an air bag body before the air bag body is mounted on a chassis, the bag being adapted to be inflated in front of a seat occupant when a predetermined acceleration has acted on the air bag body. This locking device is arranged such that an actuating member is driven by an operator's operation after mounting the air bag body on the chassis to release the locking device, thereby canceling a locked state and making the air bag body operable.