Side door for vehicle

Details Side door for vehicle Side door for vehicle

2005-08-24

2008-03-04

Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

C280S728300

Reexamination Certificate

active

07338072

ABSTRACT:
A side door for a vehicle includes a folded airbag which inflates upward in response to a side collision of the vehicle, and a cover member disposed above the airbag and covering the airbag. The cover member has a plurality of sections arranged in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle. The sections are defined by a hinge portion extending generally straight in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle and a plurality of lateral thin portions extending from the hinge portion generally in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the airbag inflates, by means of inflation force of the airbag, the lateral thin portions rupture and the individual sections rotate about the hinge portion and open.

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