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Automobile pillar air bag device

  • US 20040094938A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2003
  • Published: 05/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automobile pillar airbag device, comprising:

  • a sensor installed in a chassis, for sensing a broadside collision;

    a gas supply section installed in the chassis so as to inject a gas depending on a signal from the sensor;

    a bag received and extending from a front pillar of the chassis to a roof side rail, and expanded in a curtain shape in the downward direction from the roof side rail of the interior of the automobile by a gas supplied from the gas supply section following a signal to said gas supply section from said sensor;

    a pillar trim provided in an inner side of the front pillar and covering the bag received in the front pillar; and

    a pillar trim deviation-prevention mechanism comprising;

    a strap having ends connected with the front pillar and the pillar trim, respectively, and screws for coupling each end of said strap to the front pillar and said pillar trim respectively.

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