US 7,581,751 B2
Air bag device
Fumiharu Ochiai, Nasushiobara (Japan); Fumitoshi Yasuhara, Utsunomiya (Japan); Yusuke Nishida, Moka (Japan); Satoshi Kobayashi, Kashiwa (Japan); and Makoto Higano, Moriya (Japan)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan); and Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (Sweden)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/461,027.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-227662 (JP), filed on Aug. 05, 2005; application No. 2005-227663 (JP), filed on Aug. 05, 2005; and application No. 2005-227664 (JP), filed on Aug. 05, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0029765 A1, Feb. 08, 2007
Int. Cl. B60R 21/20 (2006.01); B60R 21/21 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—730.2  [280/730.1; 280/751] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air bag device, comprising:
an air bag that is disposed between an under-window panel disposed under a window and a lining that covers a cabin interior side of the under-window panel, wherein said air bag deploys upward along an inside surface of the window; and
an impact absorption member that is interposed between the air bag and the lining, said impact absorption member being joined to the under-window panel at locations that are forward and rearward of the air bag.