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Window air bag system and method of mounting the same

  • US 20040130129A1
  • Filed: 11/17/2003
  • Published: 07/08/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A window air bag system in which an air bag (10) designed to be inflated into the shape of a curtain in a lateral region of a passenger compartment by being supplied with gas from an inflator (22) is stored in a folded state along a structural member (31, 32) of a vehicle body such as a pillar portion (32) and a roof side rail (31), characterized in that a hollow energy-absorbing member (51, 52) is disposed along a longitudinal direction of the structural member (31, 32) between the structural member (31, 32) and a garnish (41, 42, 43) for covering the structural member (31, 32) in such a manner as to be contiguous to a position where the air bag (10) is stored in a folded state between the structural member (31, 32) and the garnish (41, 42).

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