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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Takayuki Takimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Aichi, JP;
Takayuki Takimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Aichi, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pedestrian airbag apparatus in which smooth inflation and deployment of an airbag are achieved without using an inflator having a high output is provided. An openingfor allowing passage of the airbag provided on a bonnet hoodis covered by a lid. A rear edgeof the lidis rotatably joined to the rear edge side of the openingvia hinges, and a front edgeand the rear edgeof the lidare disengageably engaged with a peripheral edge portion of the openingby clips, respectively. The clipson the front edgeside and the hingeson the rear edgeside are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction. The clipson the front edgeside and the clipson the rear edgeside are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction.