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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Isamu Nagasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyoshi Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Nakase, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/203 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an occupant protection device. An airbag device includes an airbag that is stored in a center pad of a steering wheel of a vehicle and is expandable toward an occupant side upon a collision of the vehicle. The center pad is disposed to have a non-rotating structure independent from the steering wheel. The airbag includes a first extension portion and a second extension portion which are disposed at opposing edges of the airbag in a width direction of the vehicle and are expandable to extend toward a rear side of the vehicle.