Pedestrian airbag system
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Mori, Atsushi Nagata, Yuji Sato
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Abstract
A pedestrian airbag system according to the present invention includes a hood panel and an airbag which is folded and accommodated in a position downwardly of the rear end portion of the hood panel and which is adapted to be deployed and inflated upward by allowing inflation gas to flow therein. The hood panel includes an outer panel on the upper surface side and an inner panel disposed below the outer panel and set to have higher rigidity than the outer panel for supporting the outer panel, both panels formed of sheet metal. A storage portion for accommodating the airbag is formed from the outer panel near the rear end.
Claims2
A pedestrian airbag system comprising:
- a hood panel formed of sheet metal;
- an airbag accommodated in the vicinity of the rear end of the hood panel in the folded manner so as to be capable of deploying and being inflated upward by allowing inflation gas to be supplied;
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- a case for accommodating the airbag,
- wherein the case is accommodated in a storage recess formed by depressing the portion at the rear end of the hood panel downward so that the portion is opened up above and to the rear at least, and so that the bottom of the storage recess supports the bottom of the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.