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US 9,434,335 B2Granted
Vehicle front structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYukito Ohmura
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Abstract
A dash panel is provided with an air bag of an air bag device in a part facing a space between a front wheel and a front side member. The air bag is configured such that, when gas flows into the air bag from an inflator via a gas passage pipe at the time of a front end collision, the air bag is expanded and deployed between a rear part of the front wheel and the front side member.
Claims5
A vehicle front structure comprising:
- a front side member provided in a side part of a vehicle-body front portion, the front side member extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, the front side member being placed on an inner side relative to a front wheel in a vehicle width direction;
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- an air bag device including an air bag provided in a part directly facing a space between the front wheel and the front side member, the air bag being expanded and deployed to enter the space between the front wheel and the front side member, when gas flows into the air bag, to restrain movement of the front wheel towards the inner side in the vehicle width direction,
- wherein the air bag is provided in a dash panel, the dash panel dividing the vehicle-body front portion from a cabin.
1 more element
A vehicle front structure comprising:
- a front side member provided in a side part of a vehicle-body front portion, the front side member extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, the front side member being placed on an inner side relative to a front wheel in a vehicle width direction;
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- an air bag device including an air bag provided in a part facing a space between the front wheel and the front side member, the air bag being expanded and deployed between the front wheel and the front side member, when gas flows into the air bag, to contact an inner surface of the front wheel, in the vehicle width direction, and an outer surface of the front side member, in the vehicle width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.