Patent ID: 6237937
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A protective bag for a vehicle occupant's head, comprising:a sheet formed of an occupant side and a vehicle body side and joined together for forming an elongated space therein extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, said space having a gas inlet formed at one end in the longitudinal direction, an introduction chamber communicating with the gas inlet and extending along the longitudinal direction therefrom, and a main chamber communicating with the introduction chamber and having a front side, a rear side, a bottom side and an upper side,a lateral connecting line situated in the main chamber and formed by joining the occupant side and vehicle body side together, said lateral connecting line being directly connected to the front side to extend toward the rear side to form an upper cell between the upper side and the lateral connecting line to thereby introduce a gas from the gas inlet directly toward the rear side through the upper cell, anda first vertical connecting line situated in the main chamber and formed by joining the occupant side and vehicle side, said first vertical connecting line extending downwardly directly from the lateral connecting line to the bottom side to thereby form a rear cell between the rear side and the first vertical connecting line.