Vehicle occupant protection device
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1. A vehicle occupant protection device for protecting a vehicle occupant, comprising:
- a glove box disposed in a vehicle, and having a cover, and a supporting shaft for rotationally supporting the cover to open and close the glove box, an air bag disposed in the cover, and a gas generator for generating gas disposed in the cover and connected to the air bag to inflate the air bag, said gas generator being arranged closer to the supporting shaft than a middle point of a rotational radius of the cover rotating around the supporting shaft.
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Abstract
A glove box is mounted to an interior panel in front of a seat of an automobile. A cover of the glove box is rotatable around a hinge shaft for opening and closing the glove box. A vehicle occupant protection device, which has an airbag and a gas generator, is disposed in the cover. The gas generator of the airbag device, which has a large mass, is disposed closer to the hinge shaft than a middle point of a rotational radius of the cover for easy rotations of the cover.
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1. A vehicle occupant protection device for protecting a vehicle occupant, comprising:
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a glove box disposed in a vehicle, and having a cover, and a supporting shaft for rotationally supporting the cover to open and close the glove box, an air bag disposed in the cover, and a gas generator for generating gas disposed in the cover and connected to the air bag to inflate the air bag, said gas generator being arranged closer to the supporting shaft than a middle point of a rotational radius of the cover rotating around the supporting shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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