Outside protection apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorIsamu NAGASAWA
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Abstract
An outside protection apparatus for a vehicle includes an outside airbag device. The outside airbag device includes a bag body expandable to be overlaid on an outer surface of a body of the vehicle, and an inflator configured to expand the bag body. The bag body includes an irregularity formation member at an inner surface of the bag body, and a tether coupled to the irregularity formation member to be bridged in an inner portion of the bag body in a state in which the bag body is expanded. The irregularity formation member forms a projection at a surface of the bag body in response to tension acting on the tether in the state in which the bag body is expanded.
Claims16
An outside protection apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an outside airbag device comprising a bag body expandable to be overlaid on an outer surface of a body of the vehicle, and an inflator configured to expand the bag body,
- wherein the bag body comprises
- an irregularity formation member at an inner surface of the bag body, and
- a tether coupled to the irregularity formation member to be bridged in an inner portion of the bag body in a state in which the bag body is expanded, and
- wherein the irregularity formation member forms a projection at a surface of the bag body in response to tension acting on the tether in the state in which the bag body is expanded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.