Patent ID: 7287618
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A collision object protection assembly, which inflates and expands an air bag on a vehicle when a collision with the vehicle is detected or predicted, the collision object protection assembly comprising: a retainer positioned in a space between a bonnet hood and a front window glass of the vehicle and accommodating the air bag, the retainer having a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second sidewalls that cooperate to define an upper opening; a lid member having one side that is hingedly attached to one of the front and rear walls of the retainer and an opposite side that is releasably secured to the other of the front and rear walls of the retainer, the lid member covering the upper opening of the retainer; and a cowl top arranged around the retainer to close a space between the retainer and the front window glass; wherein, as the airbag inflates, the lid member moves to expose the retainer upper opening while the retainer and the cowl top remain stationary wherein the lid member is divided into a plurality of divided lid members arranged in line in a width direction of the vehicle, and wherein adjacent side end portions of the divided lid members overlap each other such that the side end portion of one divided lid member rests on top of the side end portion of an adjacent divided lid member.