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US 2003/0141709 A1Published application
Side airbag apparatus
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Honda, Yusuke Nishida, Fumio Umezawa
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AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Honda, Yusuke Nishida, Fumio Umezawa
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The present invention relates to the side airbag apparatus, which deploys an airbag between an occupant of a vehicle and a sidewall of said vehicle in order to protect the occupant in the event of side collision of the vehicle. This side airbag apparatus 10 has a lower air bag unit and a control unit. The lower airbag unit has a waist airbag 15, which deploys toward the hip of the occupant M and pushes the hip of the occupant M in the direction opposite to the sidewall, an inflator 16, which generates gas for inflating the waist airbag 15 and supplies gas to the waist airbag 15, and a module case 17, which stores the waist airbag 15 and inflator 17 therein. The control unit ignites the inflator 16 in order to generate gas when the accelerated velocity of greater than the prescribed value is detected.
A side airbag apparatus, which deploys an airbag between an occupant of a vehicle and a sidewall of said vehicle in order to protect said occupant in the event of side collision of said vehicle, said side airbag apparatus comprising;
A side airbag apparatus, which deploys an airbag between an occupant of a vehicle and a sidewall of said vehicle in order to protect said occupant in the event of side collision of said vehicle, said side airbag apparatus comprising;
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