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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
Naoki Takemura, Wako, JP;
Koji Ikeda, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Hirayama, Wako, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Isayama, Wako, JP;
Naoki Takemura, Wako, JP;
Koji Ikeda, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Hirayama, Wako, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Isayama, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle occupant protection apparatus for use in a vehicle includes an occupant-protecting expansion part caused to expand in the form of a curtain in the vehicle cabin along windows. The expansion part is attached to the vehicle body at two attachment points positioned forward and rearward of the windows. A tension line that joins the two attachment points is in a position where the expansion part is extended between the two points, and is positioned below the lower edges of the windows.