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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Kokubu, Toyota, JP;
Masatoshi Otake, Nagakute, JP;
Takeshi Miyajima, Nagakute, JP;
Masayuki Tado, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60R 21/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airbag apparatus includes an airbag housed deployably, and an instrument panel covering the airbag in a deploying direction and forming a design surface of a vehicle cabin. The instrument panel includes, on the design surface facing the vehicle cabin, a character line including continuous protrusions toward the deploying direction. The instrument panel includes, on a surface facing the airbag along the character line, a tear line that ruptures at the time of deployment of the airbag.