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AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Ishiyama, Yoshiharu Furukawa, Chiharu Totani, Toshinori Tanase
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A guide plate 45 is placed at a guiding and holding member 42 which is fixed to a region of an inner panel 34 adjacent to the upper end portion 49A of a B pillar garnish. The guide plate 45 has a base end portion 45A which extends from the vehicle interior side to the vehicle exterior side. The base end portion 45A is fixed to the guiding and holding member 42. The cross sectional configuration of the guide plate 45 when viewed from the vehicle front is formed in a substantial U shape which surrounds the folded air bag body and whose opening portion faces the outer side of the vehicle interior. When the air bag body is expanded, the guide plate 45 is extended as well so as to cover the upper end portion 49A of the center pillar garnish 49. As a result, the air bag body can expand more smoothly, and the displacement of the center pillar garnish from the vehicle body can be prevented.
A structure for the placement of a head protecting air bag apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus being connected to an inflator that is configured to expand an air bag to extend the air bag over to a center pillar of the vehicle, the structure including an air bag expanding direction regulating member having a base end portion that is coupled to a portion of a vehicle roof side member inner panel that is adjacent to an upper end portion of a garnish of the center pillar, at least a portion of said air bag expanding direction regulating member being located at a vehicle interior side of the air bag, the air bag expanding direction regulating member having an edge portion side, of which an extending portion thereof extends downwardly from a first position where a part of the extending portion is above the upper end portion of said center pillar garnish to a second position where the part of the extending portion is beneath the upper end portion of said center pillar garnish, at which the extending portion covers the upper end portion of said center pillar garnish at the time of expansion of said air bag.
A structure for the placement of a head protecting air bag apparatus in a vehicle, one end portion of the apparatus being configured to be connected to an inflator, an air bag being configured to expand to extend over to a center pillar of the vehicle, wherein an air bag expanding direction regulating member having a base end portion that is coupled to a portion of a vehicle roof side member inner panel that is adjacent to an upper end portion of a center pillar garnish, the base end being located at a vehicle interior side of said air bag, the air bag expanding direction regulating member having an edge portion side, of which an extending portion thereof extends downwardly from a first position where a part of the extending portion is above the upper end portion of said center pillar garnish to a second position where the part of the extending portion is beneath the upper end portion of said center pillar garnish, at which the extending portion covers the upper end portion of said center pillar garnish at the time of expansion of said air bag, and wherein the air bag expanding direction regulating member is a plate having a cross-section formed in a substantial U-shape, and the air bag expanding direction regulating member, comprises at least one of:
A structure for the placement of a head protecting air bag apparatus in a vehicle, an air bag being configured to have one end portion connected to an inflator and configured to expand so as to extend over to a center pillar of the vehicle,
A structure for the placement of a head protecting air bag apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus being connected to an inflator that is configured to expand an air bag to extend the air bag over to a center pillar of the vehicle, the structure including:
A structure for the placement of a head protecting air bag apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus being connected to an inflator that is configured to expand an air bag to extend the air bag over to a center pillar of the vehicle, the structure including:
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