Patent ID: 7390014

Claim:
In combination, a pedestrian protecting device and a vehicle, the combination comprising: a hood and a windshield having pillars along either side thereof rearward of the hood; a first forward airbag to be deployed and inflated externally along the hood of the vehicle; a second rearward airbag distinct from the first, forward airbag to be deployed externally along at least one of the pillars of the vehicle after the first airbag is deployed so that the second airbag is inflated rearwardly from the first airbag; vent holes of the airbags for cushioned impact therewith; a first gas generator for inflating the first airbag; a second gas generator for inflating the second airbag, the second gas generator being actuated a predetermined time after the first gas generator, and the respective gas generators and airbags being sized so that full inflation of the respective airbags are maintained for predetermined time periods with the inflation time periods being sequential or overlapping, so that the first airbag stays fully inflated until the second airbag is fully inflated or for a predetermined time after full inflation of the second airbag such that irrespective of the size of a pedestrian, the pedestrian impacts against the fully inflated first or second airbags upon a secondary collision with the vehicle with the vent holes allowing inflation gas to escape from the airbags for cushioned impact therewith.