Patent ID: 7815217
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An interior structure of a vehicle equipped with a curtain airbag, comprising: first, second and third row seats disposed in the vehicle from a vehicle front in order, A, B, C and D pillars disposed from the vehicle front in order, the first row seat being positioned between the A pillar and the B pillar, the second row seat being positioned between the B pillar and the C pillar, the third seat being positioned between the C pillar and the D pillar, a roof trim forming a ceiling; a D pillar trim forming an inner face of a said D pillar that is located at a rear portion of the vehicle, the D pillar trim being made of synthetic resin that is harder than a material making the roof trim; a seatbelt anchor provided at an inner face of said C pillar, the seatbelt anchor projecting inside of the vehicle; and a curtain airbag provided inside a side edge portion of the roof trim and the D pillar trim along at least from an upper front portion of the C pillar to a lower portion of the D pillar, the curtain airbag being configured to inflate covering at least an inner face of a side window portion of the vehicle that is located in front of a front edge portion of the D pillar including the C pillar, when inflatable gas is supplied thereto through a gas inlet which is located between the B pillar and the C pillar at an upper portion of the vehicle under a specified condition, wherein said curtain airbag inflates substantially contacting the inner face of the C pillar, and the inflatable gas is supplied forcibly toward a specified portion of a lower edge of the curtain airbag that is located below said gas inlet so that the curtain airbag provides a tension line that interconnects said specified portion of the lower edge of the curtain airbag located below the gas inlet and a front edge portion of an upper end portion of the D pillar trim when the curtain airbag is in its inflated state, and said seatbelt anchor provided at the C pillar is located above said tension line.