Mazda Motor Corporation

Daikyonishikawa Corporation

Koji Kuwabara

Kazuhiro Tanaka

Masayoshi Ono

Tadashi Yamazaki

Toshiteru Yoshimura

Yasuhiko Nishida

Hiroyuki Kawai

Daisuke Matsuoka

Yamehito Tamura

Kazunari Shimada

Tsuyoshi Shimono

A back plateis provided to a backside of a casewhich accommodates an airbagof an airbag moduleto reduce the deformation of the casetoward a back side in the event of airbag deployment. The back plateis supported on a steering member or the case, and an upper portion of the back plateis held on a back supportprotruding from the instrument panel

Vehicle airbag system

An instrument panel which is supported at a cowl panel at a front-side portion thereof is provided. The cowl panel includes an upper face wall which faces to a windshield from below, a bending portion which is formed at a rear end of the upper face wall and bendable in a vehicle collision, and a rear face wall which extends downward from the bending portion and has a lower portion connecting to a dash panel. The instrument panel includes a first restriction portion to restrict a downward move of the instrument panel by contacting the upper face wall of the cowl member, and a second restriction portion to restrict an upward move of the instrument panel by said rear face wall of the cowl member at a lower portion of the front-side portion thereof.

Instrument panel support structure of vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Koji Kuwabara