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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Osamu Fukawatase, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Muneo Akashio, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomotaka Kuroda, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A front passenger airbag device includes an airbag that deploys toward a front seat passenger, and an airbag door provided in a dashboard. The airbag door includes a central door that opens in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and lateral end doors that are provided on the lateral sides of the central door to open in the vehicle width direction due to the inflation pressure of the airbag. The inflation pressure of the airbag acts on the respective lateral end doors almost exclusively during the initial stage of the airbag deployment.