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5294147 Crash protection device  
A crash protection device for use in a vehicle has a housing including an opening. An inflatable bag and inflator means are contained within the housing and arranged such that, on activation of the...
5290059 Air bag module with a center mounted tubular inflator  
An air bag module using a tubular inflator uses a different housing, retaining ring, cushion and inflator bracket than are currently used, with the appearance and function of the module not being...
5286055 Modular cover for an air bag assembly  
A modular cover (1) provides for large deformation of a flap to allow rapid deployment of an air bag in all directions. The modular cover (1) includes tear lines (2, 3, 4), and engaging portions at...
5280949 Air bag device for automobile  
An automobile air bag system for restraining and protecting a driver upon a collision includes a modular air bag device which is installed, as a subassembled unit, in a steering wheel. The modular...
5277442 Driver side inflatable air bag system and method of assembly  
An air bag system includes (i) a vehicle steering wheel having a structural frame which includes an integral retainer, (ii) a cover which together with the retainer forms a container, (iii) an...
5267486 Steering wheel with pad  
A steering wheel having a body including a boss, a ringlike rim and a plurality of inclined spokes connecting the boss and the rim is characterized in that a pad which may serve as an air bag unit...
5265905 Air bag cover horn blow switch assembly  
An airbag cover with horn blow switch includes an inner cover, a horn switch, a guide for holding the horn switch and an outer cover covering the guide and the horn switch so that when the outer...
5265904 Airbag cover with integral horn switch  
An airbag cover with integral horn switch has an outer cover with positive and negative horn contacts interdigitally disposed and an inner cover whose external surface is a conductive layer. When a...
5259641 Air bag attachment device  
An inflatable vehicle passenger restraint system includes an air bag, a circular inflator, an inflator base plate, and a circular retainer ring. The air bag has a circular central opening flanked...
5257816 Air bag apparatus for vehicle  
An air bag apparatus for a vehicle is characterized in that an air bag, an inflator and acceleration sensors for controlling the inflator are closely disposed in a single place to constitute an air...
5253892 Air bag  
An air bag comprises a first annular cloth disposed on a side of the steering wheel and having an opening formed in a central portion for at least one of an inflator and an inflation gas, a second...
5246249 Air bag unit  
In an air bag unit, which comprises a retainer (6), an inflator (7, 15, 20, or 22) blowing gas from L blowing holes (7a) at the collision of the vehicle, and an air bag (8) inflated and developed...
5243877 Steering wheel rim  
A vehicle steering wheel armature comprises a steel hub adapted to be axially secured to a steering shaft and magnesium rim and rim support molded about and supported by said steel hub. The...
5242191 Tethered air bag cover  
A vehicle air bag module includes a new and useful tether structure for incorporating a cover into the air bag module. The tether structure enables the cover to separate from the remainder of the...
5240283 Air bag type occupant protector  
In an air bag having a structure wherein part of the gas generated from a gas generator inside the air bag is released so as to absorb an impact force on a human body, the present invention...
5235146 Steering wheel horn switch arrangement  
A horn switch arrangement for a vehicle steering wheel comprises a steering wheel affixed to a steering shaft of a vehicle, a horn plate movably mounted on the steering wheel with a spring urging...
5228362 Vehicle steering wheel structure  
A vehicle steering wheel has an armature which defines a structural circular steering wheel. The armature has a depressed central body portion providing a well for an air bag canister. A center pad...
5217252 Actuator for use in emergency situation of vehicle  
An actuator for use in an air bag device which is inflated by a gas as a firing pin is moved by the movement of an inertia member to actuate a gas generator and in a preloader of a webbing...
5217250 Modular cover for an air bag assembly  
A modular cover for an air bag assembly has good appearance and is durable. The modular cover includes a main surface (3), four side walls (2A), (2B), (2C) and (2D) integral with the main surface...
5213361 Air bag  
An air bag which is inflated simultaneously or almost simultaneously as a whole to be above to receive a human body quite securely, which is made up on non-expandable cloth as a whole, and which...
5211422 Occupant restraint system  
An occupant restraint system includes a folded cushion having an upper wall portion against which is seated a reaction member mounted to the support plate of the system by a strap. The periphery of...
5207450 Aspirated air cushion restraint system  
An air cushion restraint system (ACRS) particularly adapted for a driver's-side motor vehicle applications. The ACRS incorporates a conventional inflator mounted to a base plate defining aspiration...
5201541 Occupant restraint module  
An occupant restraint module includes a subassembly of a support member and a folded cushion secured to the support member. The cushion is compressible. A cover assembly receives the subassembly....
5201543 Steering wheel protective cushion  
A cushion or pillow adapted to the steering wheel of a vehicle which is removably attached and which allows the driver safe access to the steering wheel and does not impair his frontal vision or...
5198629 Steering wheel having insert molded membrane switch  
A horn switch for a steering wheel having an air bag device. The steering wheel includes a multilayer membrane switch as the horn switch in which spacers in one layer are not aligned with the...
5195774 Air bag attaching structure  
An air bag attaching structure of an air bag device is embodied by securing an air bag capable of inflating in response to the gas from an inflator at a marginal portion of a gas introducing...
5195773 Cover for accommodating an air bag  
A cover for accommodating an air bag, which is provided at its inner surface with an array of spaced holes for starting tear at a start of an operation of the air bag, is characterized in that ends...
5190313 Impact cushioning device  
An impact cushioning device is described for use in preventing direct contact between the terminal end portion of an elongated object and a person that may be driven toward the object for any...
5186492 Air bag module  
A vehicle air bag module comprises a container, a folded air bag disposed substantially inside the container, and an inflator coupled to the container. The container comprises a reaction device and...
5186490 Driver cover integral horn switch with solid reinforcement structure  
The cover for an inflatable occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle contains a slot in the upper wall thereof into which a thin or membrane type switch assembly is inserted. The slot in the...
5183289 Housing for protective air bar retaining systems of automotive vehicles  
An air bag housing for automotive vehicles is disclosed. The housing includes a pot-like generator carrier to hold the air bag, a cover cap surrounding the generator carrier and having a...
5178409 Steering wheel equipped with an air bag system  
Disclosed is a steering wheel equipped with an air bag system. The steering wheel has a controller having a processor which outputs a trigger signal for actuating an air bag in accordance with the...
5176400 Air bag mounting system  
An air bag mountng system for assembling an air bag having a mounting flange with an air bag inflator and for thereafter assembling the assembled air bag and inflator with a preselected surface of...
5174599 Steering wheel double air bag protective system  
Disclosed is a double air bag protective system to protect the driver of a vehicle from impact with the steering wheel of the vehicle upon light or severe collision, with the second air bag being...
5172931 Modular cover for an air bag  
A modular cover for an air bag comprises a rigid inner layer, a soft outer layer, and a tear line along which the modular cover is torn. The tear line includes a raised portion extending from the...
5172934 Occupant restraint system  
An occupant restraint system includes a folded cushion and a reaction member mounted to the support of the system by a strap. The reaction member is pocketed to the inside of the upper wall of the...
5172932 Air bag device  
An air bag device, in which an air bag is attached to a retainer and is covered with a lid-like module cover having a portion near its edge, this portion being attached to the retainer. The portion...
5152548 Cover for accommodating an air bag  
A cover for accommodating an air bag, which is provided with a tear line for starting tear at a start of an operation of the air bag, is characterized in that the tear line is provided at its end...
5152358 Vehicle steering apparatus  
A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering wheel which has an annular boss portion with an axis and is rotatably supported on a vehicle body side member, a steering shaft, and a non-rotatable...
5152549 Vehicle safety apparatus having a retainer for clamping an inflator against a support plate  
A vehicle safety apparatus includes an inflator for inflating a vehicle occupant restraint such as an air bag, a support plate for attaching the inflator to the steering wheel of the vehicle, and a...
5149127 Air bag structure for an automotive vehicle  
An apparatus and method for installing an air bag module for an air bag system equipped in an automotive vehicle for preventing injuries to passengers in a passenger compartment of the automotive...
5143401 Cover for accommodating an air bag  
A cover for accommodating an air bag, which has a core layer made from hard resin and a surface layer made from soft resin which are formed by a multicolor molding, and is provided at an inner...
5139281 Automotive steering column  
An automotive steering column having slip rings rotatable with a steering shaft and contact brushes on a housing of the steering column for transferring electrical signals between the steering...
5139280 Cold-gas pyrotechnic generator  
The invention relates to a cold-gas pyrotechnic generator, in particular intended for automobile safety, as well as a method for manufacturing this generator. The generator according to the...
5135255 Receptacle arrangement for an air bag  
A receptacle arrangement for an air bag which protects a vehicle occupant from an impact onto parts of the vehicle interior, has a covering which is fixed to a base plate and covers an air bag...
5131677 Air bag device  
An air bag device has a gas generator mounted on a vehicle body, and an air bag attached around the gas generator. The air bag is inflated by the gas discharged from the gas generator in an...
5125683 Cover for air bag system  
A cover for air bag system in which a plastic deformation member is buried or added in order to hold a deformation state when the cover cleaves and deforms by opening the air bag.
5125682 Impact protection device for an occupant of a motor vehicle  
An impact protection device for an occupant of a motor vehicle having an air bag. The air bag is arranged folded up in a receptacle fixed to the vehicle and can be inflated by a filler gas. An air...
5125472 Apparatus for controlling attitude of passenger  
A passenger attitude control apparatus for use in combination with an air bag disposed to restrain the upper body of a passenger at the moment of a collision. Under normal conditions, a passenger...
5118132 Cover of an air bag device  
A cover for an air bag device in which a net body for reinforcement is buried characterized in that a bar-like body or a board-like body existing along the peripheral edge portion of said cover is...