Occupant protective arrangement and a vehicle therewith
AssigneeMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaisuke Yamamura, Noritaka Nagayama
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Abstract
A vehicle has an occupant protective arrangement, which a bracket. The bracket has a holding part that holds an airbag on a pillar panel and a mounting part that is mounted on the pillar panel. The mounting part is located below the lower end of a side roof panel, and the airbag is positioned above the bracket mounting part. With this arrangement, it is possible to inflate the airbag in a reliable manner while preventing the pillar trim and the airbag from interfering with each other.
Claims12
An occupant protective arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a side roof panel constituting an upper part of a side of a vehicle body;
- a pillar panel extending below said side roof panel;
- a pillar trim covering said pillar panel;
- an airbag for inflating and spreading into a vehicle compartment, said airbag being fixed to said pillar panel and disposed above said pillar trim;
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- a bracket having a holding part that holds said airbag and a mounting part mounted to said pillar panel,
- wherein the mounting part is positioned below a lower end of said side roof panel.
An occupant protective arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first side member constituting an upper part of a side of a vehicle;
- a second side member extending below said first side member and having a lower stiffness than said first side member;
- a third side member disposed farther inwardly in a vehicle compartment than said second side member, and covering said second side member;
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- an airbag for inflating and spreading into the vehicle compartment, said airbag being disposed farther inwardly in the vehicle compartment than said first side member and located above said third side member,
- wherein said airbag is fixed to said second side member, such that a relative positional relation between said airbag and said third side member is substantially maintained while said second side member is deformed inwardly in the vehicle compartment.
A vehicle comprising:
- a first side member constituting an upper part of a side of a vehicle;
- a second side member extending below the first side member;
- a third side member covering the second side member;
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- an airbag for inflating and spreading into the vehicle compartment, the airbag being fixed to the second side member and disposed above the third side member;
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- a bracket having a holding part that holds the airbag and a mounting part mounted to the pillar panel,
- wherein the mounting part is positioned below a lower end of the side roof panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.