US 12,109,974 B2
Pedestrian protection device
Kunihiro Aikawa, Kiyosu (JP); Hiroki Sakamoto, Kiyosu (JP); Atsushi Kashio, Kiyosu (JP); Makoto Ozeki, Kiyosu (JP); Ken Nitayama, Nagoya (JP); and Yusuke Ayukawa, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref. (JP)
Filed by TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/536,866.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-005488 (JP), filed on Jan. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239299 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/36 (2011.01); B60R 21/20 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/36 (2013.01) [B60R 21/20 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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 cowl cover portion and the right cowl cover portion are configured to have end portion regions disposed coinciding with each other on up-down direction sides on end sides that are in proximity to each other when inflation is completed, and
at least one of the end portion regions is configured in such a way that an internal pressure when inflation is completed is raised higher than that of a general region of the left airbag or the right airbag.