Calsonic Kansei Corporation

Kazumi Ono

Tomiharu Yamada

Yorihito Okuda

Tsuneo Sasaki

An airbag module removal structure includes a pair of brackets which extends from an instrument panel and is disposed with a space to sandwich an airbag module, a first hook member secured to one side of the airbag module and a second hook member secured to the other side of the airbag module, and each of the first and second hook members includes an engagement part capable of being inserted into a hole provided in each of the brackets, and a clearance between the brackets and sizes of the engagement parts of the first and second hook members are set such that the first hook member is removed from the hole corresponding to the first hook member, and then the second hook member is removed from the hole corresponding to the second hook member.

Airbag module removal structure

A cover structure for an air bag device comprises a cover including a first member having a plane-like portion and a second member having a vertical portion connected through a curved part with the plane-like portion at an angle, and a rupturable groove formed on a surface of the cover opposite to an air bag in the air bag device to rupture in response to inflation of the air bag and to form an opening for causing the air bag to expose. The rupturable groove is formed throughout the first and second members in such a manner that it extends to coincide substantially with a direction of shearing force applied on the cover when the rupturable groove is ruptured.

Cover structure for air bag device

An air bag unit includes a restrictive element, affixed within the air bag unit, which restricts lateral expansion of the air bag unit. The lateral restriction increases longitudinal expansion toward an occupant position.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazumi Ono