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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Fumitoshi Yasuhara, Saitama, JP;
Koji Ikeda, Saitama, JP;
Takeru Otsuka, Saitama, JP;
Naoki Kawajiri, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Miyamoto, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An occupant restraint system includes an airbag and an inflator. The front end of a gas supply pipe, which extends from the inflator housed in a rear pillar to the interior of the airbag and guides the gas generated by the inflator to the airbag, is substantially vertically aligned with front portion of a rear wheel wheelhouse of the vehicle. Since the gas supply pipe can be positioned in an area in which the vehicle body rigidity has been increased by the rear pillar and the wheelhouse, it can be effectively prevented from being damaged due to the impact of a side collision of the vehicle. Moreover, since the inflator is housed in the rear pillar, which is wider and more rigid than a front pillar, it is possible to minimize or effectively prevent damage to the inflator.