Mazda Motor Corporation

Kazuhiro Ushijima

Isao Hirashima

Hisao Muramoto

Masafumi Sakakida

Masatoshi Takayama

Tadashi Ioka

Toshiyuki Manabe

Noritaka Sakiyama

Katsumi Sakane

Yasukazu Watanabe

Yasunori Iwamoto

Haruhiro Inada

Yasunari Hirotani

Hidemi Aoki

Naomi Mitani

Kunioki Hamamoto

An automotive vehicle has a rear header disposed at a rear end of the roof and above a rear seat. For example, in the event where the automotive vehicle is about to roll, the seat back of the rear seat is leaned forwards and the upper end portion of the seat back is leaned forwards, thereby forcibly repositioning the head of the rear passenger seated on the rear seat to the position remoter from the back window panel.

Apparatus for protecting a rear passenger for an automotive vehicle

An air bag system includes an instrument panel provided with an opening in the vicinity of a passenger's seat. An air bag unit is disposed in the opening and provided with an air bag and a casing for receiving the air bag, and a lid device is disposed at a rear end of the casing for covering the opening. At least a pair of belt members, spaced transversely and in a mirror image relationship with regard to a vertical center line for connecting the lid device with the instrument panel, are provided. One end of the belt member is mounted on the lid device at a position offset from a transverse center line of the lid device. When the air bag inflated, the lid device is swung about a transverse axis so as to be opened smoothly.

Air bag system for vehicle

A structural arrangement for supporting a steering device comprises a steering column into which a steering shaft coupled at one end thereof with a steering wheel is inserted to be rotatable, a steering bracket having one end portion thereof fixed to an upper dash panel which forms at least a portion of a cowl box disposed to elongate in the direction of the width of a body at a front portion of a cabin formed in the body and the other end portion thereof coupled with the steering column, a steering column supporting member fixed to the body with a portion thereof elongating in the direction of the width of the body for supporting the end portion of the steering bracket, and a link member having one end portion thereof supporting the steering column and the other end portion thereof connected to the steering bracket. The connection between the link member and the end portion of the steering bracket is so arranged as to permit the steering column to rotate around the steering column supporting member when the body is imposed thereon impact load more heavy than a predetermined magnitude.

Structural arrangements for supporting steering devices

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Hiroshima, Japan

Kazuhiro Ushijima