Automotive outboard air bag system

摘要

An automotive outboard air bag system ( 30 ) is provided in which an elongate tubular air bag ( 33 ) is inflated to deploy upwardly from the vicinity of a front pillar lower end portion ( 18 a), the air bag so inflated to deploy is made to extend along an outer surface ( 18 b) of a front pillar ( 18 ), and a strap ( 35 ) which is shorter than the overall length (L 2 ) of the air bag ( 33 ) is allowed to extend from an upper end ( 33 b) to a lower end ( 33 a) of the air bag ( 33 ) so as to face the outer surface ( 18 b) of the front pillar ( 18 ).