Abstract: A structure of mounting a cowl top cover which has a back end portion mounted to a lower end portion of a front windshield panel is disclosed. The structure includes: a surface portion disposed at the back end portion of cowl top cover, the surface portion covering a surface of lower end portion of front windshield panel and extending in a vehicular widthwise direction; a plurality of clip portions disposed at back end portion of cowl top cover, the lower end portion of front windshield panel being clamped between the clip portions and the surface portion in a plurality of places along the direction in which the surface portion extends; and a thin plate portion disposed at back end portion of cowl top cover, wherein the thin plate portion connecting plurality of clip portions with each other is thinner than surface portion and is spaced apart from front windshield panel.

Abstract: An airbag, which is folded and assembled elongatedly, is deployed along a side window. The airbag has a folded portion and a pleated portion which wraps the folded portion under the assembled condition. The airbag also has an inner tube which is provided from the inside of an infusion portion to the inside of an upstream portion of an inflating portion. The inner tube prevents that the airbag is damaged by heat of inflation gas. When the airbag is assembled, the inner tube is positioned along a first fabric, which is developed so that the surface of the first fabric faces an inside of a vehicle compartment, by the infused fluid. Deployment performance of the airbag (curtain airbag deploying along a side window of an automobile) is improved.

Abstract: A curtain air bag apparatus for protecting an occupant in a vehicle upon a vehicle collision, has an air bag body inflating and deploying in a curtain-like shape in a side surface of a vehicle interior with a high pressure gas jetted and introduced into the air bag body by an inflator. The air bag body has a main inflation chamber and a sub-inflation chamber which are defined by a partition portion formed by bonding inside surfaces of the air bag body, and a gas flow regulation passage formed as a partly non-bonding portion of the partition portion. The main and sub-inflation chambers are respectively located at an upper side and a lower side of the air bag body and communicate with each other through the gas flow regulation passage.

Abstract: In an airbag provided in a folded condition, a front end of the airbag includes a pulled-out section provided by pulling out the end of the airbag. In the airbag in a stored condition, an oblique path from a front end of the airbag to a fixed point of a front pillar can be reached by the pulled-out section. In the developed condition of the airbag, the pulled-out section can further draw the position of the front end of the airbag to the front side, thereby providing an increased protection range by the airbag.

Abstract: An airbag is formed of two base fabrics. An adhesive agent is pasted with some width on one of the base fabrics and then another of the base fabrics is put on the one of the base fabrics. The two fabrics are adhered together to form the airbag. Pasting start/end portions of the adhesive agent is set at a gas introducing portion of the airbag. Pasting start/end points (terminal ends of the start/end portions) is located outside a path in the gas introducing portion through which a gas is introduced into an inside of the airbag. According to an airbag with the airbag, assembling workability of the airbag can be improved.

Abstract: In an airbag module cover, at least one pair of tear lines is provided on a double-wall portion (an inner side wall and an outer side wall). The tear line provided on the inner side wall is formed as a slit. The tear line provided on the outer side wall is formed as a groove. Therefore, strength of the double-wall portion is reduced to tear the tear lines unfailingly and torn module cover can be opened unfailingly as a deployment door by an inflating airbag.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air bag that has a gas-introducing hole and is folded and housed in a container and that includes a pair of first zigzag folded portions, the first zigzag folded portions being formed by respectively folding both side portions and collecting them at a center in a lateral direction; and a second zigzag folded portion that is formed by folding zigzag the first zigzag folded portions in a direction that intersects with a folding direction of the first zigzag folded portions.

Abstract: A curtain air bag formed so that an auxiliary inflatable chamber adapted to reduce to as great an extent as possible a substantial decrease in a protective region of an air bag body 1 can be formed. The air bag body 1 is deployed into the interior of an automobile 8 by introducing a high-pressure gas, which is ejected from an inflator at the time of the occurrence of collision of the automobile 8 with something, into the interior of the air bag body. An auxiliary inflatable chamber 5 defined with respect to a main inflatable chamber 3 is obtained by sewing the air bag body by a substantially one sewing line using a multi-thread chain stitch method or the like. The auxiliary and main inflatable chambers 5, 3 are communicated with each other via a narrow orifice type gas flow restriction passage 6.

Abstract: A vehicle interior panel, which functions as an airbag cover for covering an airbag expanding direction of an airbag apparatus, is comprised of a base member layer having a tearing portion which defines a door portion opened by the expanding of an airbag of the airbag apparatus, a cushion layer laminated on the base member layer, and a skin member laminated on the cushion layer. The skin member having a weak portion functioning as a tearing portion of the skin member. The weak portion being formed outside of a position just above the tearing portion of the base member layer.

Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag, first and second inflators, a gas-supply mechanism and a release member for connecting between a holding structure and the airbag. Gas generated by the second inflator is supplied into the airbag when the release member is pulled by the airbag while gas generated by the first inflator inflates the airbag. According to the airbag device, a gas amount supplied into an airbag can be switched according to an occupant's seating position without equipping a sensor for measuring a distance between an occupant and the airbag or a control device for computing the gas amount supplied.

Abstract: An air bag 12 is spread flatly. Along four lines “R” that extend radially outward, the air bag 12 is sandwiched and held by line part forming units. By using a first press pieces 44, a portion between the neighboring lines “R” is pressed toward the gas inlet opening to form a first gathering portion, and form a ear portion 52 along each line “R”. Then, each ear portion 52 is pressed by a second press piece 45 to form a second gathering portion 54 that is like a bellows. When a gas is introduced into the gas inlet opening 26, the second gathering portion 54 is quickly expanded and increase of internal pressure of the air bag can be controlled. In the folding process, there is no need of turning the air bag 12 and thus a production device can be made simple in construction.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus comprised of a cover for covering an expanding side of an airbag and forming an opening for the airbag. The cover is comprised of a door portion disposed at the expanding side of the airbag, a surrounding portion surrounding the door portion, a tear portion defining the door portion and tearing due to an expansion force of the airbag, an installation portion protruding from the surrounding portion adjacent to the tear portion toward an opposite side of the expanding side, and a hinge portion connecting the door portion and the surrounding portion located outside of the installation portion.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus equipped with an airbag, a garnish, a hinge, a protector and a bracket fixed to a vehicle body. An upper side of the garnish is supported by the bracket via the hinge. An engaging part protruding from the lower part of a garnish main part is engaged with an engagement receiving part disposed at the protector. Normally, the engaging part is engaged with the engagement receiving part, thereby retaining the shape of the garnish. On expansion of the airbag, the airbag presses the engaging part, by which the engaging part is disengaged from the engagement receiving part, and the garnish is opened smoothly. The airbag can be covered with the garnish, thereby allowing the garnish to move smoothly on expansion of the airbag.

Abstract: An air bag 1 is provided. At a vehicle side impact, the air bag 1 unfolds from an upper part of a vehicle body downwardly. The air bag 1 includes an airbag body 10 having an inside foundation cloth 8a and an outside foundation cloth 8b, and a pair of inner-cloths 19a, 19b arranged in the airbag body 10. The inside inner-cloth 19a is joined to the outside inner-cloth 19b through two inner junctions 21, 21 separated from each other in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle. The inner-cloths 19a, 19b have front ends, rear ends and intermediate portions between the inner junctions 21, 21, all of which are joined to the foundation cloths 8a, 8b through overlapping junctions 22a, 22b. In arrangement, the overlapping junctions 22a of the inside inner-cloth 19a are shifted from the overlapping junctions 22b of the outside inner-cloth 19b forwardly. Consequently, triple-layer tubular expansion chambers 25a, 26, 25b are defined in the airbag body 10, allowing a passenger's head to be received certainly.

Abstract: An airbag is disclosed wherein a lower deployment portion, right deployment portion, and left deployment portion are folded on the occupant side of a central deployment portion in an optional order. The upper deployment portion is folded to be located on the most occupant side and upper side of the folded deployment portions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polyurethane resin moulding for a vehicle interior part, includes: adding at least one of a polyol mixture and a polyisocyanate compound to at least one of microencapsulated paraffin waxes and shirasu balloons, followed by polymerizing the polyol mixture and the polyisocyanate compound. The polyol mixture contains a polyol, a catalyst, a chain extender and an auxiliary agent. A melting point of the microencapsulated paraffin waxes is 60° C. to 80° C.

Abstract: A cover is provided between a front hood and a vehicle component. The cover includes a cover main portion, a lid, a supporting portion, a supported portion, and a contacting portion. An opening is formed on the cover main portion. The supporting portion is integrally provided on the cover main portion and around the opening. The supported portion is integrally provided on a circumferential edge of the lid and engaged with the supporting portion. The contacting portion is provided on the lid and receives a downward load from the front hood. One or both of the supporting portion and the supported portion deforms elastically in case where a load has been applied to the contacting portion and thereby the lid drops off within the opening. According to the cover, a deformable amount of the cover can be increased and maintenance costs can be reduced.

Abstract: An assist grip includes: a grip member to be gripped by a passenger, the grip member configured to be capable of being pulled out from a retraction position to a grip position; a base member which is fixed to the vehicle and which includes a rotation shaft; a rotation arm pivotally supported so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft from the retraction position to a pull-out position; retraction biasing element configured to always bias the rotation arm in a retraction direction; and a holding member configured to hold the rotation arm in the pull-out position against a biasing force of the retraction biasing element when the rotation arm is caused to rotate to the pull-out position. In the assist grip, the grip member is rotatably jointed to the rotation arm, and the grip member is provided with a release dog formed therein, the release dog configured to release the rotation arm from being held by the holding member as the grip member is rotated.

Abstract: A slider 24 is supported on a holder 19 of a steering wheel 11 via a coil spring 25 so as to be movable in a direction of an axis while an air bag module 20 is supported on a slider 24 via a damper spring 26 so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the axis. Since the coil spring 25 does not affect vibration of the air bag module 20 in the direction perpendicular to the axis, it is possible to set a spring constant of the coil spring 25 at a value appropriate for the operation of a horn switch 37, and to set a spring constant of the damper spring 26 at a value appropriate for the operation of the dynamic damper. As a result, it is possible to effectively reduce the vibration of the steering wheel 11 in the direction perpendicular to the axis with the dynamic damper without affecting the operability of the horn switch 37.

Abstract: An air bag comprises inside and outside base fabrics that are stitched to constitute an outer bag that is flat when receiving no gas. The outer bag is formed with a gas inlet opening through which an inflation gas is led into the outer bag to expand the same. The air bag further comprises inside and outside smaller fabrics that are stitched to constitute an inner bag that is installed in the outer bag. Given portions of the inside and outside smaller fabrics are stitched to given portions of the inside and outside base fabrics respectively to form a plurality of narrow auxiliary chambers between the inner bag and the outer bag.