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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Inoac Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807283 ; 280732 ;
Abstract
An air bag door structure is integrally backed with a door reinforcement member in the rear of an air bag door opening portion of an instrument panel. A hinge side break portion of is provided at the door rotation axis side of the instrument panel, and a hinge side mount portion for mounting an air bag container is formed at a hinge portion of the door reinforcement member. An instrument panel mount portion for mounting the air bag container is integrally formed along the outside of an opening side break portion of the instrument panel. Accordingly, stress forces created by the deployment of the air bag are concentrated at the break portions.