Patent ID: 6299198
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A passenger-side airbag system having an airbag case in which an airbag element is accommodated and of which an opening is located just behind a back side of a specific location of an instrument panel cover which is opposite a front passenger seat, comprising:a lid plate located opposite the opening of the airbag case and formed together with the cover as a single unit, wherein the physical strength is lessened by forming a row of perforations at intervals of a predetermined distance provided along a peripheral edge throughout the circumference of the lid plate by laser cutting;a main body of a lid plate reinforcement fixedly joined to a back side of said lid plate, the main body having a hinge at an uppermost end of the main body;a joiner having proximal upright portions fixed to the back side of said panel cover; anda bracket having left and right ends, the bracket being fixed through the ends to a portion upwardly extending from the hinge;said bracket shaped of substantially a C shape and having a pair of mounting portions at both of the left and right ends provided with mounting holes therein for joining to the airbag case, wherein left and right upright tabs are formed respectively by bending distal ends of the mounting portions, upper end joining portions in the upright tabs are fixed to both an end portion of the joiner and the upwardly extending portion of the hinge, the mounting portions of the bracket being fixed to the airbag case, so that when the airbag element inflates, the hinge of the lid plate reinforcement is forcedly bent to open out the lid plate.