Airbag device for pedestrian protection
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuji Sato, Kazutoshi Hayashi
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Abstract
The airbag device for pedestrian protection includes an airbag to be inflated in front of the vehicle and then be disposed between a pedestrian and the vehicle. The airbag includes a front cover portion and two fall preventing portions. The front cover portion covers the front side of the vehicle. The fall preventing portions cover the vicinities of the left and right edges of the top surface of the hood panel, respectively, and are projected upward so as to prevent the pedestrian from falling down. The airbag device for pedestrian protection is able to prevent the pedestrian mounted on a hood panel from falling down on road surface.
Claims8
An airbag device for pedestrian protection mountable on a motor vehicle with a hood panel, the airbag device comprising:
- an airbag inflatable in front of the vehicle and then to be disposed between a pedestrian and the vehicle,
- the airbag comprising one or more pieces of bags;
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- the airbag comprising a front cover portion for covering the front side of the vehicle, and two fall preventing portions for respectively covering the vicinities of the left and right edges of a top surface of the hood panel, the fall preventing portions being projected upward so as to prevent the pedestrian from falling down,
- the left and right fall preventing portions forming an area therebetween, the area being recessed with respect to the left and right fall preventing portions, whereby a pedestrian can be restrained in the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.