Arrangement and construction of crew protective device for automobile
First Claim
1. (Amended) A structure of arranging an vehicle occupant protecting apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- an inflator disposed at a predetermined region of a vehicle body and jetting a gas at a time of side collision;
a bag housed between a front pillar portion and a roof side rail portion in a folded manner, and expanded in a curtain manner to beneath the roof side rail portion within a vehicle cabin by the gas supplied from said inflator;
a pillar garnish which is formed by a trim member disposed at a vehicle cabin inner side of the front pillar portion, and which extends along a longitudinal direction of the front pillar portion so as to cover a portion of said bag housed in the front pillar portion; and
scatter preventing means provided at least one of said pillar garnish and said bag so as to prevent said pillar garnish from scattering at a time when said bag expands, and capable of forming an opening for expansion of said bag between said pillar garnish and the front pillar without breaking said pillar garnish.
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Abstract
A structure of arranging an vehicle occupant protecting apparatus for an automotive vehicle, which can prevent a pillar garnish from scattering when an air bag installed in a front pillar portion is expanded, is provided. An air bag 16 is housed within a space formed by a front pillar main body 38 and a pillar garnish 40 in a front pillar portion 20. When the air bag 16 expands, the pillar garnish 40 is pressed by an expanding pressure of the air bag 16, so that an opening for expanding the air bag 16 is formed between the front pillar main body 38 and the pillar garnish 40, and the air bag 16 expands into a vehicle cabin through the opening. Since a non-expanding portion is formed at the air bag 16 and a hinge portion 46 is formed at the pillar garnish 40, the expanding pressure applied to the pillar garnish 40 when the air bag 16 expand is low, so that the pillar garnish 40 can be easily opened through the hinge portion 46.
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29 Claims
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1. (Amended) A structure of arranging an vehicle occupant protecting apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprising:
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an inflator disposed at a predetermined region of a vehicle body and jetting a gas at a time of side collision;
a bag housed between a front pillar portion and a roof side rail portion in a folded manner, and expanded in a curtain manner to beneath the roof side rail portion within a vehicle cabin by the gas supplied from said inflator;
a pillar garnish which is formed by a trim member disposed at a vehicle cabin inner side of the front pillar portion, and which extends along a longitudinal direction of the front pillar portion so as to cover a portion of said bag housed in the front pillar portion; and
scatter preventing means provided at least one of said pillar garnish and said bag so as to prevent said pillar garnish from scattering at a time when said bag expands, and capable of forming an opening for expansion of said bag between said pillar garnish and the front pillar without breaking said pillar garnish. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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