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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Takayuki Takimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pedestrian airbag apparatus is provided that has a portion, when inflated, extending along a vehicle body's outer surface so as to spread into the surroundings of a case, and connected to the case by means of a tether, and the occurrence of a deformation such as warpage or the like on an airbag is suppressed, the deformation being due to the tension of the tether. Each of both end sides of a cowl masking portionof the airbagis connected to the caseby the tether. One end of the tetheris connected to a mid portion between a facing area R of the cowl masking portionfacing the caseand the utmost tip portion of the cowl masking portionon each of both left and right end sides thereof, and the other end of the tetheris connected to each of left and right end wallsof the case