Abstract:
A sealing unit for use in a pressurized gas generator of an automotive safety device for protecting a vehicle occupant from injury during a collision of a motor vehicle. The sealing unit includes a spherical segment formed in a neck portion of the pressurized gas generator, a semi-spherical hollow member having an inner surface and an outer surface facing the spherical segment, an impact responsive explosive charge mounted in a concave portion of the semi-spherical hollow member, and a cap member threadably engaged with a leading end of the neck portion of the pressurized gas generator, the cap member having a bottom wall formed with a bore which is aligned with a pressurized gas discharge outlet of the pressurized gas generator and which communicates with an inflatable confinement of the safety device.
Abstract:
A safety device for use in a motor vehicle for protecting a vehicle occupant from injury during a collision of the motor vehicle, which safety device comprises an instrument panel forming a part of the motor vehicle and deformable to absorb the energy of the vehicle occupant when the vehicle occupant impacts against the instrument panel during the collision of the motor vehicle, and an inflatable protector bag located on the instrument panel and expansible to its protective position to provide a restraint to limit forward movement of the head of the vehicle occupant.