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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Kazuyoshi Kuroki, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Iijima, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airbag system is configured to fulfill its role on a saddle-ride type vehicle even when the vehicle collides with a side of a vehicle moving in a generally perpendicular direction. An embodiment of the airbag system includes an airbag which is configured to the inflated and fully upward from the vehicle front of a rider. The airbag includes a head part opposite to a rider's head during inflation and deployment, and a neck part which rises upward from the vehicle and toward the head part. The neck part has a width in a direction of vehicle width which is narrower than that of the head part. The neck part includes neckings curved inward in the direction of the vehicle width.