Rear structure of vehicle provided with curtain air bag apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle rear structure provided with a curtain air bag apparatus, the vehicle rear structure comprising:
- a side window glass provided between a rear pillar positioned in the rear portion of the vehicle and a middle pillar positioned immediately to the front of the rear pillar;
a curtain air bag apparatus comprising a curtain air bag in a stored state and fixed to the vehicle body in the vicinity of the side window glass, and an inflator for supplying gas pressure to the curtain air bag, wherein the curtain air bag, when expanded by receiving gas pressure from the inflator, is deployed inside the vehicle cabin so as to cover the side window glass along the side window glass;
a soft roof trim that covers a roof panel from inside the vehicle cabin, the outside edge of the roof trim in the widthwise direction of the vehicle being positioned near the side window glass;
a rear pillar trim that is harder than the roof trim, and covers the rear pillar from inside the vehicle cabin, a predetermined end edge being positioned in the immediate vicinity of the side window glass, the predetermined end edge being an end edge of the front of the rear pillar trim that is outward in the widthwise direction of the vehicle; and
a middle pillar trim that is harder than the roof trim, and covers the middle pillar from inside the vehicle cabin;
wherein the curtain air bag in a stored state is fixed to the vehicle body along the upper edge and the rear edge of the side window glass, and the portion of the curtain air bag in a stored state along the upper edge of the side window glass is positioned above the roof trim, and the portion of the curtain air bag in a stored state along the rear edge of the side window glass is positioned to the rear of the predetermined end edge, when the curtain air bag in a stored state has been expanded, the curtain air bag is deployed in the vehicle cabin while deforming the roof trim downward and deforming at least the upper portion of the predetermined end edge frontward, and the separation distance in the widthwise direction of the vehicle of the curtain air bag in a stored state from the side window glass, in the portion along the rear edge of the side window glass, is set to be less than, of the portion along the upper edge of the side window glass, the portion in the vicinity of the middle pillar trim.
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Abstract
A middle pillar trim PT3 and a rear pillar trim PT4 positioned to the front and rear of a side window glass G3 are each harder than a roof trim RT. A curtain air bag KB fixed to a rear pillar P4 is deployed in a vehicle cabin while a predetermined end edge 26a of the front of the rear pillar trim PT4 in the widthwise direction of a vehicle is deformed toward the front. The separation distance of the curtain air bag KB in a stored state from the side window glass G3 in the widthwise direction of the vehicle is L1 (L2) in the portion of the curtain air bag KB along the rear edge of the side window glass G3, and L4 in the portion of the curtain air bag KB at the upper edge of the side window glass G3 near the middle pillar trim PT3, and L1 (L2)<L4 is satisfied.
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1. A vehicle rear structure provided with a curtain air bag apparatus, the vehicle rear structure comprising:
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a side window glass provided between a rear pillar positioned in the rear portion of the vehicle and a middle pillar positioned immediately to the front of the rear pillar;
a curtain air bag apparatus comprising a curtain air bag in a stored state and fixed to the vehicle body in the vicinity of the side window glass, and an inflator for supplying gas pressure to the curtain air bag, wherein the curtain air bag, when expanded by receiving gas pressure from the inflator, is deployed inside the vehicle cabin so as to cover the side window glass along the side window glass;
a soft roof trim that covers a roof panel from inside the vehicle cabin, the outside edge of the roof trim in the widthwise direction of the vehicle being positioned near the side window glass;
a rear pillar trim that is harder than the roof trim, and covers the rear pillar from inside the vehicle cabin, a predetermined end edge being positioned in the immediate vicinity of the side window glass, the predetermined end edge being an end edge of the front of the rear pillar trim that is outward in the widthwise direction of the vehicle; and
a middle pillar trim that is harder than the roof trim, and covers the middle pillar from inside the vehicle cabin;
wherein the curtain air bag in a stored state is fixed to the vehicle body along the upper edge and the rear edge of the side window glass, and the portion of the curtain air bag in a stored state along the upper edge of the side window glass is positioned above the roof trim, and the portion of the curtain air bag in a stored state along the rear edge of the side window glass is positioned to the rear of the predetermined end edge, when the curtain air bag in a stored state has been expanded, the curtain air bag is deployed in the vehicle cabin while deforming the roof trim downward and deforming at least the upper portion of the predetermined end edge frontward, and the separation distance in the widthwise direction of the vehicle of the curtain air bag in a stored state from the side window glass, in the portion along the rear edge of the side window glass, is set to be less than, of the portion along the upper edge of the side window glass, the portion in the vicinity of the middle pillar trim. - 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)
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