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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1993
Teruhiko Koide, Aichi, JP;
Mitsuo Inukai, Aichi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An air bag cover structure comprising an air bag cover main body and an insert member. The air bag cover main body has an upper wall portion, a bag body which inflates toward a vehicle occupant when a vehicle suddenly decelerates being accommodated between the upper wall portion and a base plate, the upper wall portion being pushed by the bag body, which is expanding, so that the upper wall portion unfolds, and the air bag cover main body having a side wall portion which includes a center of unfolding of the upper wall portion when the upper wall portion unfolds. The insert member has a first insert portions, which is embedded in the air bag cover main body by insert molding and which is positioned at the upper wall portion when the first insert portion is in an embedded state, and a second insert portion, which is provided integrally with the first insert portion and which is positioned at the side wall portion so as to be supported by the base plate when the second insert portion is embedded in the air bag cover main body. The length of the second insert portion in a direction substantially along the axis of the unfolding center narrows from the position at which the first insert portion and the second insert portion are connected.