Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-13
2005-12-13
English, Peter C. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S730200, C280S751000, C296S187050
Reexamination Certificate
active
06974152
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle occupants protection system wherein a front pillar garnish is mounted on a passenger compartment side of a front pillar which supports a roof with a predetermined amount of space being maintained therebetween for accommodating a side airbag, as well as a small impact absorbing member for absorbing an impact of such a small magnitude that the side airbag remains unopened, whereby the side airbag is inflated by gas generated when an impact of a predetermined magnitude or more is applied to a side of a vehicle so as to expand into a passenger compartment while forcibly opening one end portion of the front pillar garnish. A bottom surface of the small impact absorbing member is divided into two portions, a rear half portion located closer to the side airbag and a front half portion located farther away from the side airbag. Only the front half portion is attached to the front pillar garnish.
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English Peter C.
Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson P.C.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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