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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1994
Katsunori Monden, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An automobile airbag system has an airbag which inflates and expands toward a passenger seat through an opening formed in an instrument panel disposed below a front windshield glass so as to restrain and protect a passenger upon an occurrence of a collision. An airbag lid which is disposed in the instrument panel opening with its upper side hinged to the instrument panel. The airbag lid is flipped upward by the airbag during the inflation and expansion of the airbag. The airbag lid is formed with a weakened portion by which it easily bends and is folded in two when it hits the front windshield glass. The lid is also provided with a reinforcing structure in close proximity to the weakened portion which provides the airbag lid with an increased rigidity.