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Arrangement and construction of crew protective device for automobile

  • US 20030209891A1
  • Filed: 05/19/2003
  • Published: 11/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1996
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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