Patent ID: 6811184
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A head protecting airbag device comprising:an airbag folded and housed above the upper edge of a window on the interior side of a vehicle and adapted to be inflated downward, when the airbag admits an inflating gas, to cover the interior side of said window, wherein said airbag includes an airbag body and a flexible current regulating cloth, wherein said airbag body includes: an inflation shielding portion for shielding the interior side of said window; a gas feed passage portion for guiding the inflating gas discharged from an inflator into said inflation shielding portion; and one gas inlet port constructed to be connected to said inflator, wherein said inflation shielding portion is inflated to separate an interior side wall portion and an exterior side wall portion of said airbag by admitting the inflating gas, wherein said gas feed passage portion is arranged above the upper edge of said inflation shielding portion and in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein said gas inlet port is arranged to communicate with a portion in said gas feed passage portion at a position removed from the front end and the rear end and protruded upward from said gas feed passage portion, wherein said current regulating cloth includes an inlet side portion arranged in said gas inlet port and connected with said inflator, and an outlet side portion arranged near said gas inlet port of said gas feed passage portion, and wherein said outlet side portion includes a first gas outlet hole and a second gas outlet hole capable of releasing the inflating gas discharged from said inflator to the front and the rear along said gas feed passage portion, the first gas outlet hole and the second gas outlet hole being arranged proximate to the gas inlet port.