Patent ID: 11932189
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An airbag for a driver seat, comprising:
a steering wheel of a vehicle;
an inflator stored in the steering wheel; and,
an airbag cushion stored in the steering wheel along with the inflator that expands and deploys to restrain an occupant; wherein
the airbag cushion contains a steering side panel positioned on a steering wheel side, an occupant side panel located on an occupant side, and, a side panel connecting an edge of the steering side panel to an edge of the occupant side panel to configure a side portion of the airbag cushion,
the occupant side panel having a larger area than the steering side panel, and an upper portion of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion being configured such that a width of the upper portion of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion in a front/rear direction of the vehicle is greater than a width of the lower portion of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion, wherein the airbag cushion is configured to deploy in the shape of a truncated cone such that the airbag cushion tapers along the front/rear direction of the vehicle between the occupant side panel and the steering side panel to increase in height towards the occupant side panel; and wherein the expanded and deployed airbag cushion has a center of the occupant side panel positioned above a center of the steering side panel.