US 6,981,719 B2
Airbag device
Tadahiro Igawa, Shiga (Japan)
Assigned to Takata Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/365,536.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-062272 (JP), filed on Mar. 07, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2003/0168842 A1, Sep. 11, 2003
Int. Cl. B60R 21/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—743.2 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airbag device, comprising:
an airbag having a front portion facing an occupant, a rear portion opposite to the front portion, and upper and lower portions at the front portion,
first and second strap inserting members situated inside the airbag and attached to the upper and lower portions to be spaced apart from each other, each of the first and second strap inserting members having a hole therein,
an upper reinforcing cloth having an annular shape and attached to the front portion of the airbag, said first and second strap inserting members projecting outwardly from the upper reinforcing cloth,
a lower reinforcing cloth having an annular portion fixed to the rear portion of the airbag, and ear portions projecting from the annular portion and located at portions corresponding to the upper and low portions, and
a strap situated inside the airbag and having two ends attached to the ear portions of the lower reinforcing cloth fixed to the rear portion of the airbag, said strap passing through the holes of the first and second strap inserting members so that the strap can slide in the holes of the first and second strap inserting members when a force is applied to a portion of the airbag after inflation.