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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Saito, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Kansei Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280732 ; 2807283 ;
Abstract
An automobile airbag device having a lid in an instrument panel body, where the instrument panel body faces an airbag pop-out area, the lid for airbag expansion is formed into the instrument panel body by a hinge section and a splitting section of thinned thicknesses. There is an opening formed by breaking of the splitting section and swinging of the lid about the hinge section where an airbag which expands from airbag device body can push through around the opening. There is a reinforcement bracket which is proximate to the inner side of the lid.