Garnish members having an air bag
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinoru Shibata, Katsuhiro Katagiri, Akiyoshi Nagano, Hiroki Tsuge, Toshinori Tanase
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Abstract
Garnish members according to this invention are installed and fixed to peripheries of a door opening in the interior of a vehicle body. The garnish members have an air bag therein and include elongate garnish bodies disposed in the interior of a vehicle body fixing portions. The fixing portions are hinged to the garnish bodies at a rear side of the garnish bodies and can be fixed to the body. The fixing portions include brackets capable of maintaining folding conditions of the air bag, which brackets can be ruptured when the air bag is inflated.
Claims6
Garnish members having an air bag therein, the garnish members being constructed and arranged to be installed and fixed to peripheries of a door opening in an interior of a vehicle body, said garnish members comprising:
- elongate garnish bodies adapted to be disposed in the interior of the vehicle body;
- at least one fixing portion hinged to said garnish bodies at an outward side of said garnish bodies, said fixing portion being constructed and arranged to be fixed to the vehicle body, said fixing portion also being constructed and arranged to temporarily fix said air bag to the vehicle body so that said air bag can be mounted on said body;
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- brackets provided at said fixing portion so as to maintain a folded condition of said air bag, said brackets being constructed and arranged to be ruptured when said air bag is inflated.
Garnish members having an air bag therein, the garnish members being installed and fixed to peripheries of a door opening in an interior of a vehicle body, said garnish members comprising:
- elongate garnish bodies disposed in the interior of the vehicle body;
- fixing portions hinged to said garnish bodies at an outward side of said garnish bodies, said fixing portions being fixed to the vehicle body, said fixing portions temporarily fixing said air bag to the vehicle body so that said air bag can be mounted on said body;
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- brackets provided at said fixing portions so as to maintain a folded condition of said air bag, said brackets being constructed and arranged to be ruptured when said air bag is inflated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.