# US 10,479,313 B2 · Curtain airbag device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,313 B2 - Document ID: US10479313B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/876,802 - Filed: 2018-01-22 - Published: 2018-07-26 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-25 - Assignees: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma; Kou Sasaki; Shuhei Konishi; Masanori Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479313B2 ## CPC - B60R 21/232: Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge - B60R 21/2338: Tethers - B60R 21/213: in vehicle roof frames or pillars - B60R 21/23138: {specially adapted for side protection (B60R21/23184, B60R21/232 take precedence)} - B60R 21/237: characterised by the way they are folded - B60R 21/26: characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow {(arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10)} - B60R 2021/23386: {External tether means} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The curtain airbag device includes: an inflator; an airbag; and a restricting member. The airbag includes an outer circumferential joining portion forming a bag body, a gas inlet portion, and a joining portion which is arranged in a region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion. The airbag, while being stored in a folded state, includes a roll folding portion formed by folding the bag body into a roll shape with a vehicle interior side base fabric facing outside, and a flip folding portion formed by folding back the bag body with the vehicle interior side base fabric facing inside. The restricting member includes a tip portion fixed to a lower side of a sidewall of a vehicle, and a base end portion joined to a vehicle exterior side base fabric located at the flip folding portion or an upper end portion of the roll folding portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A curtain airbag device stored in an interior member on an upper side of a sidewall of a vehicle, comprising: an inflator configured to generate a gas; an airbag that is a bag body stored in a folded state and is configured to be inflated and deployed downward from the upper side of the sidewall of the vehicle by the gas; and a restricting member connecting the airbag and the sidewall of the vehicle, the airbag comprising an outer circumferential joining portion joining a vehicle exterior side base fabric and a vehicle interior side base fabric, thereby forming the bag body, a gas inlet portion which is arranged at an upper edge of the airbag and into which the gas is to be introduced, and a joining portion which is arranged in a region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion between the gas inlet portion and an end portion of the bag body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and joins the vehicle exterior side base fabric and the vehicle interior side base fabric, the airbag, while being stored in the folded state, comprising a roll folding portion formed by folding the bag body into a roll shape in a direction from a lower edge of the bag body to an upper edge thereof with the vehicle interior side base fabric facing outside, and a flip folding portion formed by folding back the bag body with the vehicle interior side base fabric facing inside between the roll folding portion and the upper edge of the bag body, the restricting member comprising a tip portion fixed to a lower side of the sidewall of the vehicle, and a base end portion joined to the vehicle exterior side base fabric located at the flip folding portion or an upper end portion of the roll folding portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The curtain airbag device according to claim 1, wherein while the airbag is in the folded state, the restricting member includes, between the base end portion and the tip portion, a middle portion folded together with the roll folding portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The curtain airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the base end portion of the restricting member is attached to the joining portion of the airbag. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The curtain airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the airbag is provided with an opening on an end portion side thereof in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle relative to the region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion, and the restricting member is passed through the opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The curtain airbag device according to claim 2, wherein the base end portion of the restricting member is attached to the joining portion of the airbag. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The curtain airbag device according to claim 2, wherein the airbag is provided with an opening on an end portion side thereof in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle relative to the region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion, and the restricting member is passed through the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The curtain airbag device according to claim 3, wherein the airbag is provided with an opening on an end portion side thereof in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle relative to the region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion, and the restricting member is passed through the opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The curtain airbag device according to claim 5, wherein the airbag is provided with an opening on an end portion side thereof in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle relative to the region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion, and the restricting member is passed through the opening.