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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kento Maeda, Wako, JP;
Shinsuke Odai, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/206 (2011.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/206 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0051 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passenger protection apparatus allows a bag body of an airbag unit to inflate and expand in a stable manner when an impact is input. The passenger protection apparatus includes an airbag unit that is arranged below an article storage box and that causes a bag body to inflate and expand in a direction of a front seat when an impact is input. The passenger protection apparatus further includes a guide member that covers a gap between a lower end of the article storage box and an adjacent member adjacent to the lower end when bag body inflates and expands.