Protective device for protecting vehicle occupant
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1. A protective device for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising:
- at least one air bag mounted along a compartment-side surface of a side member of a vehicle and being expandable toward a compartment of the vehicle by gas introduced therein,a gas supply unit for supplying gas into said at least one air bag in a lateral collision of the vehicle,a trim sheet for an interior of the vehicle covering the compartment-side surface of said at least one air bag, said trim sheet being made of a stretchable material for allowing expansion of said at least one air bag, anda pad situated between said at least one air bag and said trim sheet, said pad being divided into a plurality of pieces to allow the divided pieces to be separated from each other.
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A protective device for protecting a vehicle occupant includes at least one air bag mounted along a compartment-side surface of a side member of the vehicle and being expandable toward a compartment of the vehicle by gas introduced therein, a gas supplying unit for supplying gas into the air bag in a lateral collision of the vehicle, and a trim sheet for the interior of the vehicle covering a compartment-side-side surface of the air bag. The trim sheet is made of stretchable material for allowing the expansion of the bag.
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1. A protective device for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising:
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at least one air bag mounted along a compartment-side surface of a side member of a vehicle and being expandable toward a compartment of the vehicle by gas introduced therein, a gas supply unit for supplying gas into said at least one air bag in a lateral collision of the vehicle, a trim sheet for an interior of the vehicle covering the compartment-side surface of said at least one air bag, said trim sheet being made of a stretchable material for allowing expansion of said at least one air bag, and a pad situated between said at least one air bag and said trim sheet, said pad being divided into a plurality of pieces to allow the divided pieces to be separated from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A protective device for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising:
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at least one air bag mounted along a compartment-side surface of a side member of a vehicle and being expandable toward a compartment of the vehicle by a gas introduced therein, air bags disposed in parallel with each other a gas supplying unit for supplying gas into said at least one air bag in a lateral collision of the vehicle, and a gas supplying unit for supplying gas into said at least one air bag in a lateral collision of the vehicle, and a stretchable trim sheet for an interior of the vehicle fixed to the side member of the vehicle, said trim sheet covering the compartment-side surface of said at least one air bag and being made of a stretchable material so that in the lateral collision of the vehicle, said trim sheet expands, without separating from the side member of the vehicle, toward the interior of the vehicle by expansion of said at least one air bag to thereby allow the air bag to inflate easily. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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