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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Yuji Sonoda, Iwata, JP;
Takashi Shimizu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Koji Kurata, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A snowmobile is provided with airbag systems including airbag bodies expanding from a portion near a steering handle bar respectively, one of the airbag bodies expanding rearward of a handle bar and outward of both the ends of the handle bar, and the other airbag body expanding toward a front side of rider's knees. Another airbag system includes an airbag body expanding from an upper surface of an engine hood on the front portion of a vehicle body frame and blowing up toward a windshield of the engine hood. The respective airbag systems are detachable from the vehicle body, and hence, can be stored indoors.