Takata Corporation

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

Subaru Corporation

Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha

Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.k.

Hideki Umeda

Kazuhiro Abe

Kazutaka Sugimoto

Yoshiyuki Hashimoto

Minoru Takase

Ayanori Kunisawa

Kei Tsujimoto

Yasunari Sakai

Teruji Kuroyanagi

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto

Atsushi Nishikawa

An airbag unit is provided that can be easily installed and removed. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a bracket removably supported by the body of the vehicle, and removably supporting the cover bottom member and the cover lid member.

Airbag unit

An airbag unit is provided that can be quickly unfolded, and also retrofitted to an existing vehicle body. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member including a cover lid plate that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a cowl cover attached to the cover lid plate between the hood and the windshield.

An airbag includes a tab that is inserted into and supported by a substantially flat-plate-shaped bracket disposed on a vehicle. The tab has a first slit extending along a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of inflation and deployment of the airbag in plan view. The first slit allows insertion of the bracket in a normal time. The tab further has a second slit opening into a point at one end portion or on an intermediate portion of the first slit at an angle intersecting with the first slit in plan view.

Airbag and airbag apparatus

A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus is provided that can restrict the movement of the rear end side of an airbag to the outside of a vehicle. A folded body of the airbagis installed along a roof side railand is inflatable by means of at least one inflator. Guide plates for guiding the extension of the airbag are provided on the roof side railabove each pillar. An extended pieceof the airbagis fastened to the rearmost guide plate, and thereby the movement of the inflated airbagtoward the outside of the vehicle is restricted.

Vehicle occupant restraint apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Umeda