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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1990
Masafumi Sakakida, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Iwamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshiyuki Manabe, Hiroshima, JP;
Hisao Muramoto, Yamaguchi, JP;
Haruhiro Inada, Hiroshima, JP;
Isao Hirashima, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Ushijima, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An air bag system includes an instrument panel provided with an opening in the vicinity of a passenger's seat. An air bag unit is disposed in the opening and provided with an air bag and a casing for receiving the air bag, and a lid device is disposed at a rear end of the casing for covering the opening. At least a pair of belt members, spaced transversely and in a mirror image relationship with regard to a vertical center line for connecting the lid device with the instrument panel, are provided. One end of the belt member is mounted on the lid device at a position offset from a transverse center line of the lid device. When the air bag inflated, the lid device is swung about a transverse axis so as to be opened smoothly.