| US 7,578,518 B2 | ||
| Occupant protection device | ||
| Fumiharu Ochiai, Nasushiobara (Japan); Fumitoshi Yasuhara, Utsunomiya (Japan); Tohru Kawamura, Yaita (Japan); and Yusuke Nishida, Moka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/560,070. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-332575 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2005; and application No. 2005-351779 (JP), filed on Dec. 06, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0108746 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—730.2 | 5 Claims |
| 1. An occupant protection device that is provided in a door on a side of a vehicle, comprising:
an inflator that has an end portion at which a fluid delivery port is formed and delivers a fluid during a vehicle collision;
and
an expending body that expends by the fluid fed by the inflator to cover an inside surface of a window provided in the door;
wherein the end portion of the inflator is directly inserted in the expanding body,
wherein the inflator is provided on a side of the door to be mounted to a vehicle body, in a longitudinal direction of the
vehicle, and
wherein the inflator is disposed in a side area of the expanding body and mounted on a mounted member provided on the door
so as to be rotatable about an axis that extends in the vertical direction.
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