Patent ID: 11865994
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A driver seat airbag device configured to constrain an occupant seated in a driver seat of a vehicle, comprising:
a chest protecting cushion that expands and deploys behind a steering wheel of the vehicle, wherein the chest protecting cushion is shaped as a portion of a circle with a flat upper portion, and wherein the chest protecting cushion extends downwards from a hub of the steering wheel; and
a head protecting cushion, separate from the chest protecting cushion, that expands and deploys adjacent to and above the chest protecting cushion, wherein the head protecting cushion includes a downward extending portion which extends downwards to contact the flat upper portion of the chest protecting cushion at a border between the chest protecting cushion and the head protecting cushion; wherein
the head protecting cushion extends from an upper surface of an instrument panel to the border when expanded and deployed, wherein the head protecting cushion is configured to contact and restrain a head of the occupant from the front, and wherein the border is located within 100 mm of a height of an upper end of the hub of the steering wheel.