AIRBAG DEVICE

DRIVE May 3, 2023
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Problem: To provide an airbag device capable of effectively preventing the turning of the head of an occupant riding in a passenger seat of a vehicle. [0002] Resolution: The present invention is an airbag device that is housed in the instrument panel of a vehicle in order to protect an occupant in a passenger seat and includes an inflator for generating inflation gas along with an airbag that inflates and deploys toward the occupant side via gas released from the inflator. The airbag has a front protection part located in front of the occupant when deployed and a pair of side protruding parts located on the sides of the front protection part in the vehicle width direction and protruding further toward the occupant side than the front protection part. Furthermore, a cross tether extending in the direction intersecting the deployment direction of the airbag and connected to the inner surface of the airbag along with a pair of first front-rear tethers connected to the cross tether at the front ends thereof and connected to the front protection part at the rear ends thereof are provided inside the airbag.

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