Patent ID: 6220626
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air belt apparatus for constraining an occupant to a seat, comprising:a webbing (13);a bag (12) enclosed by said webbing (13) and inflated with a gas produced by an inflator (11) in case of collision of a car on which said air belt apparatus is installed; anda protection material covering a surface of said webbing (13), in which said protection material comprises:a pad (28) provided with rifts (28.sub.1) at opposite ends of said pad, each of said rifts extending in a longitudinal direction of said protection material; andan elastic element (32) connecting said rifts and extending in said longitudinal direction in such a manner that said elastic element allows said protection material (28) to follow an inflation of said webbing (13) on the basis of an expansion of said elastic element (32) when said webbing (13) is inflated together with said bag (12).