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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Katsuhiro Tokita, Fuji, JP;
Tetsuji Endo, Fuji, JP;
Masami Tonooka, Fuji, JP;
Yasuhiro Uchida, Fuji, JP;
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an air bag apparatus of a motor vehicle which can securely protect a passenger in a much close state by an inexpensive means. Since a rear end (a patch portion ( )) of a tether belt ( ) is positioned at a vertical surface (A) passing through a rear end ( ) of an instrument panel ( ) or in a front side thereof, in an initial expanding state of an air bag ( ), a rearward development of the air bag ( ) is restricted just before a passenger (M) due to a tension of the tether belt ( ) even in the case that the passenger (M) stands close to the instrument panel ( ), whereby no excessive impact is applied to the passenger (M).