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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
Nobuyuki Hidaka, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyuki Hidaka, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airbag apparatus includes a back-side cover provided at a roof side rail which is provided on a side of a roof of a vehicle and extends in a front-back direction of the vehicle, wherein the back-side cover is arranged on a side of the roof side rail, which faces an interior of the vehicle; an interior-side cover for covering a side of the back-side cover, which faces the interior; and an airbag contained in a case formed by the back-side cover and the interior-side cover. An easily-bending portion is formed in the middle of the back-side cover along vertical directions thereof, and the easily-bending portion bends when receiving a pushing pressure from the airbag which is deploying, and the airbag deploys toward the interior through a space between the back-side cover and the interior-side cover which open in accordance with the bending of the easily-bending portion.