Patent ID: 7954587
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A collision behavior control apparatus in a vehicle having a front face extending substantially perpendicular to the length of the vehicle, comprising two contacting members, one of the contacting members being disposed at each of respective left and right lateral sides on the front face of the vehicle, wherein each contacting member comprises an inflatable folded air bag element which is accommodated in a lateral portion of the front face of a vehicle, and a contacting portion mounted to the air bag element, wherein a capacity of the air bag element at a location centrally on the vehicle front face is greater than the capacity of the air bag element at a location laterally on a respective one of the sides of the vehicle front face where the respective air bag is provided, whereby, upon deployment of the contacting portion to a contacting position, the contacting portion projects farther at a location centrally on the vehicle front face than at a location laterally on the respective side of the vehicle front face where the respective air bag is provided, and is shaped to suppress an object having a center of gravity whose height corresponds to that of a person riding a two-wheeler, when colliding with the front face of the vehicle, from being bumped up onto the hood of the vehicle, and to promote the colliding object, when colliding with the front face of the vehicle, being pushed to the respective lateral side of the vehicle.