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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Takashi Aoki, Wako, JP;
Hidetoshi Utsumi, Wako, JP;
Fumiharu Ochiai, Wako, JP;
Naohiko Saita, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Saito, Wako, JP;
Takashi Aoki, Wako, JP;
Hidetoshi Utsumi, Wako, JP;
Fumiharu Ochiai, Wako, JP;
Naohiko Saita, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Saito, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An occupant restraint system includes a side airbag and an inflator. The airbag includes six cells that are defined by stitching and are adapted to be inflated by a gas generated by the inflator. Among six end parts a to f of these cells, four end parts b to e are positioned on top of or in the vicinity of a center pillar garnish and a rear pillar garnish that include respective impact absorbing ribs. When the airbag is deployed, even if the end parts b to e cannot be inflated sufficiently due to the stitching, thereby exhibiting no impact-absorbing effect, the center pillar garnish and the rear pillar garnish instead exhibit an impact-absorbing effect, thereby protecting an occupant.