Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

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Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

Ngk Spark Plug Company, Limited

Toyota Gosei Co., Ltd.

Hiroki Nakajima

Toshimitu Watanabe

Toshinori Tanase

Minoru Shibata

Hiroyuki Tajima

Yasuo Ochiai

Yutaka Nagai

Fumitake Kobayashi

Yasushi Kubota

Chiharu Totani

Yutaka Suzuki

Goro Takahashi

Tadao Tanaka

Shuji Miura

Yoshirou Tomioka

Masamichi Aono

Takuya Ohtsuka

Katsunori Noto

Choko Terazawa

Noboru Ishida

Masaya Ito

Takaya Yoshikawa

Takashi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Ishiyama

Hiroshi Yasuda

Tetsuo Soshiroda

Hisaaki Kato

Hideyuki Fujiwara

Kimikazu Ikemoto

Katsuhiro Okumura

Yoshinobu Omiya

Shinichiro Nakamura

Kuniaki Matsui

Yoshiki Tanaka

Eisiti Nakamura

Masaru Adachi

Yuzo Kawakami

Tsuneharu Mori

Tomohiro Kase

Kouichi Makii

Shinichirou Nakamura

Shinji Kondo

Nobuyasu Yamada

A structure of arranging an vehicle occupant protecting apparatus for an automotive vehicle, which can prevent a pillar garnish from scattering when an air bag installed in a front pillar portion is expanded, is provided. An air bag is housed within a space formed by a front pillar main body and a pillar garnish in a front pillar portion When the air bag expands, the pillar garnish is pressed by an expanding pressure of the air bag so that an opening for expanding the air bag is formed between the front pillar main body and the pillar garnish and the air bag expands into a vehicle cabin through the opening. Since a non-expanding portion is formed at the air bag and a hinge portion is formed at the pillar garnish the expanding pressure applied to the pillar garnish when the air bag expand is low, so that the pillar garnish can be easily opened through the hinge portion

Arrangement and construction of crew protective device for automobile

A jump-up stand is disposed below a folded air bag body and is also provided over a region from a position near a front side of a center pillar to the center pillar. The jump-up stand is formed from a plate material which is bent to have a substantially L-shaped cross sectional configuration and includes a wall portion extending toward an upper end of a center pillar garnish. Accordingly, when the air bag body expands, the air bag body expands toward the interior of a vehicle along the wall portion of the jump-up stand so as to prevent large load from acting on the upper end of the center pillar garnish.

Placement structure for head-protecting air bag body

An interior equipment mounting structure for a vehicle incorporating a head-protecting air bag body, a roof head lining, which is deformed at the time of expansion of the air bag body, includes a sun visor and an arm. The sun visor is connected to a vehicle body and is movable from an accommodated state to at least one predetermined position for use. The sun visor is connected to the vehicle body by the arm. The sun visor is formed by a main body portion and by an overhang portion. When a load of a predetermined value or more acts on the overhang portion by the expansion of the air bag body, the overhang portion is easily deformable with respect to the main body portion.

Interior equipment mounting structure for a vehicle incorporating head-protecting air bag body

A structure of arranging an vehicle occupant protecting apparatus for an automotive vehicle, which can prevent a pillar garnish from scattering when an air bag installed in a front pillar portion is expanded, is provided. An air bag,is housed within a space formed by a front pillar main body,and a pillar garnish,in a front pillar portion,When the air bag,expands, the pillar garnish,is pressed by an expanding pressure of the air bag,so that an opening for expanding the air bag,is formed between the front pillar main body,and the pillar garnish,and the air bag,expands into a vehicle cabin through the opening. since a non-expanding portion is formed at the air bag,and a hinge portion,is formed at the pillar garnish,the expanding pressure applied to the pillar garnish,when the air bag,expand is low, so that the pillar garnish,can be easily opened through the hinge portion

A structure for the placement of a head protecting air bag body which is provided from a front pillar to along a roof side rail and expands into a curtain-like form, comprising: an opening trim which is fixed to a mounting portion of a vehicle door opening portion at which the opening trim is mounted to the vehicle door opening portion; and an air bag body expansion guide means which guides the expanding of the air bag body such that the air bag body expands without contacting the mounting portion of the vehicle door opening portion.

Structure for placement of head protecting air bag body

Mounting portions of an air bag body are respectively nipped by positioning plates which are each fastened and fixed to a pillar inner panel by a weld nut and a bolt via the plates. Caulking portions are formed on the plates so that the mounting portions of the air bag device are in advance fixed between the plates. A convex portion is formed on the plate, and with the convex portion being engaged with a hole formed in the pillar inner panel, relative rotation of the plate and a vehicle body is prevented. As a result, rotation of the air bag body in a direction in which the mounting portions are fastened, which occurs during mounting of the air bag body to the vehicle body, can be prevented.

Head-protecting air bag device

During a collision, an air bag causes deformation of a roof head lining as the air bag expands. A roof head lining deformation limiting structure restricts inward deformation of the roof head lining. Thus, the roof head lining is prevented from interfering with an interior equipment, e.g., a sun visor, thereby reducing breakage of the sun visor provided adjacent the roof head lining. The deformation limiting structure can take the form of an assist grip or a card holder. Also, the assist grip or the card holder can be mounted onto a member, e.g., a bracket, that plastically deforms upon being struck by the occupant's head during a collision, thereby absorbing a portion of the impact that would otherwise be transferred to the occupant.

A head-protecting air bag apparatus includes an air bag which is adapted to be fixed to a vehicle body so that the air bag extends from a pillar along a roof side rail and one of a front end and a rear end of which is fixed to an inflator. The air bag includes, at an intermediate portion thereof, a plurality of first noninflatable portions which intersect a tension line connecting the front and rear ends when the air bag is expanded, extend in a substantially vertical direction, and are located at a roof side region corresponding to the roof side rail. The air bag also includes a guide portion. The guide portion has a portion corresponding to the pillar and an extended portion extending to a first noninflatable portion of the plurality of first noninflatable portions which is adjacent to the one end.

Head-protecting air bag apparatus

Air bag for side air bag device

A side air bag device has an air bag and a substantially cylindrical inflator for supplying inflation gas to the air bag. The air bag includes a cloth bag and is installed in a vehicle interior in a folded state along the edge of a door opening. The air bag deploys so as to cover the door opening when it inflates. The air bag has a substantially cylindrical tubular gas inflow portion. This gas inflow portion is connected to the inflator so that it covers the inflator. The gas inflow portion is clamped to the outer circumferential surface of the inflator. With a side air bag device according to the invention it is not necessary to use a long pipe that from the inflator and it is possible to increase the freedom of installation of the device and also reduce its weight and cost.

Side airbag device

A structure for arrangement of an occupant protective apparatus for a vehicle includes: an inflator disposed at a predetermined position of a vehicle body and adapted to eject a gas at a time of a side collision when a high load is applied to a side of the vehicle body; a bag stored in a folded state in such a manner as to extend between a front pillar and a roof side rail and adapted to be inflated in a shape of a curtain below the roof side rail in a vehicle compartment by a gas supplied from the inflator, the bag being disposed in a space formed between a body panel and an interior member disposed on an inner side of the vehicle compartment with a predetermined interval with the body panel; and an energy absorbing member provided in the space and disposed in close proximity to the bag so as to absorb an impact from the inner side of the vehicle compartment.

Structure for arrangement of occupant protective apparatus for vehicle

A ceramic-metal composite assembly includes a ceramic member having a stab shaft and a metallic member having a recess. The ceramic member and the metallic member are joined together by press fit, i.e., by fitting the stab shaft into the recess. The stab shaft and the recess after extraction of the stab shaft from the recess has a set relationship of 50 .mu.m.ltoreq.X-Y.ltoreq.150 .mu.m where X is an outer diameter of the stab shaft and Y is an inner diameter of the recess whilst a surface roughness Rz of the recess in the circumferential direction thereof after extraction of the stab shaft from the recess is 1.5 .mu.m or less.

Ceramic-metal composite assembly

Disclosed are alloying elements and microstructures suited for realizing a marked increase in strength of low-carbon or ultra-low-carbon steel plate using a high-density energy source such as a laser. Steel blanks satisfying both high formability and high strength requirements are provided which show sufficient press formability and yet can be markedly increased in strength by laser treatment or which have been markedly increased in strength by laser treatment in areas not to be subjected to severe forming.

Process of Producing high-formability steel plate with a great potential

The object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum plate for fabrication which has an excellent formability, easy degrease after fabrication, coating properties, and less tendency of flawing, in which the aluminum plate for fabrication which is plated, and coated with a lubricant containing (A) a fatty acid ester of polyol, (B) an alkaline or alkaline metal salt of sulfonate, and (C) a controlling agent, and having saponification value of 20 or more.

Aluminum plate excellent in formability

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Nagoya, Japan

Hiroki Nakajima