Patent ID: 7393007
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag device for a vehicle, the airbag device comprising: an airbag for being deployed during emergency conditions; a retainer assembly for mounting the airbag to a predetermined component of the vehicle; a gas generator that inflates an interior space of the airbag with inflation gas for deployment thereof; a detector for detecting varying loads applied to the retainer assembly or the predetermined vehicle component based on different states of the airbag during deployment thereof, the detector being constructed and arranged to detect a lean force transmitted to the retainer assembly or the predetermined vehicle component generated by an object prior to airbag deployment; and an inflation gas control mechanism that is operable to control the amount of inflation gas in the airbag internal space based on the deployed airbag state and to prevent the gas generator from supplying the airbag interior space with inflation gas upon detection by the detector of the lean force transmitted to the retainer assembly or the predetermined vehicle component.