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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Osamu Fukawatase, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Matsushima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Osamu Fukawatase, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Matsushima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An air bag door is developed quickly even if the clearance between the grab door outer and the knee of a crew or passenger is narrow when a tier type air bag door is employed in a knee air bag device for vehicle. A fracture portion () consisting of a lateral fracture portion (A) and longitudinal fracture portions (B,C) is formed in the grab door outer general portion (A). Thus, an air bag door () consisting of total six doors, i.e. an upper central air bag door (A), an upper left side air bag door (B), an upper right side air bag door (C), a lower central air bag door (D), a lower left side air bag door (E), and a lower right side air bag door (F), is formed. Even if both knees of the crewman or passenger of a small-sized build are arranged in proximity to or in contact with the lower left side air bag door (E) and the lower right side air bag door (F), the lower central air bag door (D) opens smoothly between both the knees in addition to the upper side air bag doors in the initial stage of development of the air bag door ().