AIR BAG WITH DEPLOYMENT FLAP

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect an occupant from collision against parts of a vehicle such as an instrument and steering wheel.

SOLUTION: An apparatus 10 for helping to protect the occupant 20 of the vehicle 12 includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device 14 inflatable from a stored condition to a deployed condition in which a protection device is positioned between an instrument panel 36 of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The protection device 14 includes upper portion 142 and a lower portion 144, each of which is at least one of rolled and folded parts. The upper portion 142 and the lower portion 144 are positioned at a position where the same overlays each other in a stored condition. A deployment flap 120 includes a sheet of material having a first end portion secured to the vehicle. The deployment flap 120 has a central portion that wraps around the lower portion 144 and a second end portion opposing to the first end portion and being tucked under the lower portion while the protection device 14 is in the stored condition.

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