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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Abe, Shiga, JP;
Tomohiro Sawa, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ; B60R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/122 ; B60R 2/116 ;
Abstract
A glove box is mounted to an interior panel in front of a seat of an automobile. A cover of the glove box is rotatable around a hinge shaft for opening and closing the glove box. A vehicle occupant protection device, which has an airbag and a gas generator, is disposed in the cover. The gas generator of the airbag device, which has a large mass, is disposed closer to the hinge shaft than a middle point of a rotational radius of the cover for easy rotations of the cover.