CPC B60R 21/36 (2013.01) [B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0004 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23382 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A pedestrian protection device, comprising:
a left airbag and a right airbag that are disposed in a vicinity of a rear end of a hood panel in a vehicle, and are arranged in parallel on vehicle width direction sides when inflation of each is completed, wherein
the left airbag includes a left cowl cover portion that is disposed approximately following the vehicle width direction and covers an upper face side of a cowl when inflation is completed, and
the right airbag includes a right cowl cover portion that is disposed approximately following the vehicle width direction and covers the upper face side of the cowl when inflation is completed, and wherein
the left airbag and the right airbag are of configurations that expand on a left and a right of a wiper pivot disposed centrally in the vehicle width direction of a left and right pair of wipers,
the left cowl cover portion and the right cowl cover portion are of a configuration such that end side regions on sides in proximity to each other are caused to come into contact in a position above the wiper pivot when inflation is completed, and
the end side region of at least one of the left cowl cover portion and the right cowl cover portion is of a configuration that covers the wiper pivot from above in such a way as to be able to restrict contact between a pedestrian and the wiper pivot when inflation is completed.
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