Nobuyasu Yamada

US Patent:

60797320, Jun 27, 2000

Filed:

Nov 6, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/965187

Inventors:

Hiroki Nakajima - Nagoya, JP
Shuji Miura - Okazaki, JP
Nobuyasu Yamada - Plymouth MI
Minoru Shibata - Inazawa, JP
Yutaka Nagai - Ichinomiya, JP
Hiroyuki Tajima - Chiryu, JP
Fumitake Kobayashi - Inazawa, JP

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Toyota
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. - Nishikasugai-gun

International Classification:

B60R 2116

US Classification:

2807282

Abstract:

A structure for arrangement of an occupant protective apparatus for a vehicle includes: an inflator disposed at a predetermined position of a vehicle body and adapted to eject a gas at a time of a side collision when a high load is applied to a side of the vehicle body; a bag stored in a folded state in such a manner as to extend between a front pillar and a roof side rail and adapted to be inflated in a shape of a curtain below the roof side rail in a vehicle compartment by a gas supplied from the inflator, the bag being disposed in a space formed between a body panel and an interior member disposed on an inner side of the vehicle compartment with a predetermined interval with the body panel; and an energy absorbing member provided in the space and disposed in close proximity to the bag so as to absorb an impact from the inner side of the vehicle compartment.