US 11,807,185 B2
Airbag
Yuya Motoji, Toyota (JP); Kennosuke Kariya, Kakamigahara (JP); Takafumi Ogasawara, Okazaki (JP); Masahiro Urago, Toyota (JP); and Makoto Omura, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,203.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-152590 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087296 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/264 (2006.01); B60R 21/232 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/264 (2013.01) [B60R 21/232 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2648 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airbag, comprising:
a chamber configured to expand due to gas being introduced at a time of deployment; and
a non-expanding area configured to not expand at the time of deployment, wherein
the airbag is configured to deploy by the gas being introduced into the chamber,
a first portion inside the chamber is located around the non-expanding area and includes a tip end portion that is closed,
at the time of deployment, the tip end portion is configured to apply a load to and become in contact with a second portion of the chamber that is located around the non-expanding area and that faces the tip end portion,
the second portion of the chamber includes a portion facing the tip end portion, and
in an area where the tip end portion is in contact with the portion of the second portion, at the time of deployment, the tip end portion is located under the portion of the second portion in a vehicle vertical direction.