| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an external airbag device that increases the flexibility of creating artistic designs of vehicles. <P>SOLUTION: An airbag element 14 is stored in a folded state in a door mirror 12, provided on a vehicular door 28, for viewing the rear part of a vehicle. The airbag element 14 is inflated by the supply of a gas from an inflator 16 when a collision body collides with a vehicle and inflated to the vehicle front side of a front pillar. Impact energy is absorbed by the state where the collision body hits the developed airbag element 14. This way, the airbag element 14 is developed from the inside of the door mirror 12 to the vehicle front side of the front pillar, so that it is not necessary to provide an airbag door used for a hood airbag device on a hood of a vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
