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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2005
Takashi Aoki, Wako, JP;
Hirofumi Totsuka, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Saito, Hagagun, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An occupant protection device for a vehicle having several longitudinal rows of seats in a passenger compartment. The occupant protection device includes an inflator for generating gas and a longitudinally elongated roof side airbag mounted to a roof side rail. The roof side airbag includes a plurality of bag portions to inflate in positions corresponding to the rows of seats, respectively. Gas generated from the inflator flows through gas inlets disposed in a substantially middle portion of the roof side airbag into the bag portions generally uniformly, and the roof side airbag inflates along the inside of side glasses of the vehicle.