Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yukihiro Yamaguchi

Minoru Kanda

Kazuhiro Seki

Satoshi Takizawa

Yutaka Ohno

Kazuhiro Seiki

Youji Gotou

A seat belt device for a vehicle having a good shock absorbing function for impact from the car-room side as well as sufficient person binding performance is provided. The seat belt device has an anchor member attached to an upper portion of a vehicle pillar and comprises a shock absorbing member provided on the pillar, supported by the pillar in a direction from an exterior side to an interior side of a car-room, and deformable in a direction from the interior side to the exterior side; a connecting means for connecting the shock absorbing member with the anchor member; and a spacer member interposed between the shock absorbing member and the anchor member for keeping the anchor member apart from the pillar.

Seat belt device for vehicle

A turning center line is provided at a front edge side of a lid mounted on an upper surface of an instrument panel for permitting spreading of an air bag, and the lid is provided at a rear edge side thereof with a free end which is adapted to abut against a front windshield when the lid is opened. By contructing the lid-turning center line to be substantially parallel to the widthwise line of the front windshield, and the free end of the lid to be, in its closed position, substantially parallel to a line extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle, or by constructing the lid-turning center line to be substantially parallel to the line extending in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, and the free end of the lid to be, in its closed position, substantially symmetrical to the widthwise line of the front windshield with respect to the lid-turning central line, it is ensured that the free end of the lid is permitted to abut against the front windshield substantially concurrently over the widthwise entire length. This avoids application of a localized load to the lid, thereby preventing any deformation or breaking of the lid.

Lid structure of air bag system

An inflatable bag assembly is suitable for a seat of a vehicle such as an assistant driver's seat and has a bag which is inflatable in a curved configuration offset to one side. The bag is accommodated in a retainer case in a folded position. A gas generator has a gas outlet which is offset to one side with respect to the bag. Alternatively, the bag itself may be distributed less to one side of the retainer case than to the other side. Such a configuration of the gas generator or the bag allows the bag to begin inflating at the particular side mentioned above.

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Wako, Japan

Yukihiro Yamaguchi