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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Yasuhito Miyata, Shiga, JP;
Tadahiro Igawa, Hikone, JP;
Yasuhito Miyata, Shiga, JP;
Tadahiro Igawa, Hikone, JP;
Takata Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An air bag apparatus is provided having an air bag that is configured to include portions that correspond to the rider motions generated in motorcycle accidents. The air bag apparatus has an air bag provided on a motorcycle and which includes a first expansion part which is expanded toward a rider protection region which is formed above a body constituent part of the motorcycle and in front of the motorcycle rider in the case of the forward collision of the motorcycle; and a second expansion part which is expanded toward a rider protection region at pitching which is formed in front of the motorcycle rider in the pitching of the motorcycle around a front wheel due to the forward collision of the motorcycle.