Mazda Motor Corporation

Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Nakagawa Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Yasuo Gotomyo

Isao Hirashima

Hisao Muramoto

Shigefumi Kohno

Haruhisa Kore

Yukihiro Nakagawa

Masatoshi Takayama

Yoshinobu Nomura

Yoshinbu Nomura

The head rest is detachably mounted to the seat back of the front seat and the air bag unit with an air bag mounted therein is mounted to the head rest. The air bag is expanded toward the passenger seated on the rear seat in response to an explosion signal from the control unit into which signals are entered from impact sensors. The air bag is so disposed as to expand only when the passenger is seated on the rear seat. The posture and position of the air bag unit is adjusted in association with the movement or displacement of the front seat to which the air bag is mounted, thereby improving the ability of the expanded air bag to confine the passenger seated on the rear seat and protecting the passenger in a more safe fashion. Further, the air bag unit is mounted to the head rest of the front seat, so that the air bag can be exchanged with ease and at cheap costs without exchanging the front seat itself.

Air bag system for an automotive vehicle

The head rest is detachably mounted to the seat back of the front seat and the air bag unit with an air bag mounted therein is mounted to the head rest. The air bag is expanded toward the passenger seated on the rear seat in response to an explosion signal from the control unit into which signals are entered from impact sensors. The air bag is so disposed as to expand only when the passenger is seated on the rear seat. The posture and position of the air bag unit is adjusted in association with the movement or displacement of the front seat to which the air bag is mounted, thereby improving the ability of the expanded air bag to confine the passenger seated on the rear seat and protecting the passenger in a safer fashion. Further, the air bag unit is mounted to the head rest of the front seat, so that the air bag can be exchanged with ease and at a cheap cost without needing to exchange the front seat itself.

Disclosed is a roof structure of a T-bar type for an automotive vehicle having a roof body with roof apertures formed on both sides of a central roof section and covered with roof plate panels. The roof plate panels are each movable between its closed position to close the roof apertures and its open position to open the roof apertures. When the roof plate panels are located in the open positions, one of the roof plate panels is superimposed on the other without interference from each other. The roof plate panels are disposed such that one of the roof plate panels moves upwards from its closed position in a predetermined height higher than the height in which the other moves upwards from its closed position and then horizontally to its open position in which the roof apertures are wide open.

Roof structure of an automotive vehicle

A foot-operated, latch releasing mechanism comprises a generally elongated foot-operated member having one end accessible to the foot and the other end pivotally connected to the vehicle body for movement between inoperative and operated position, a return biasing means for urging the foot-operated member towards the inoperative position and a linkage means for transmitting the movement of the foot-operated member from the inoperative position towards the operated position to cause a door latch assembly to be released.

Foot-operated, latch releasing mechanism for automobile doors

A glass-wool mat is produced from a sheet of glass fibers by heating the surfaces of the sheet to a temperature close to the melting point of glass so that the glass fibers in the surface area have rounded ends and are shrunk so that they are firmly entangled together. Thus, non-irritating surfaces are provided on the mat.

Surface treated glass-wool mat and the method for making the same

Automobile having a tailgate and a rear storage compartment associated with a cover. The cover is detachably hinged to the automobile body at the front edge and connected by a flexible strap with the tailgate so that it can be raised upon opening of the tailgate. The strap is passed through a ring which is provided on one end of a rubber strip, the other end of the rubber being secured at the bottom of the cover whereby the strap can be retracted beneath the cover whenever the strap is relieved of tension.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuo Gotomyo