Side airbag device
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsYuto Kobayashi, Mitsuo Nogami
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Abstract
A side airbag device including a cushion (104), an inflator (110), and a structure such as a rotating shaft (140) built in a seat (102). The inflator (110) has a gas ejection hole inside the cushion (104), a connector (136) on the other end side, and a stud bolt (112). The cushion (104) has a bag-shaped chamber (114), an extension portion (124) into which the inflator (110) is inserted, and a predetermined tab (118) held in the vicinity of the other end side of the inflator (110). The rotating shaft (140) is disposed to pass through a space portion (E1) surrounded by the chamber (114), the extension portion (124), the inflator (110), and the tab (118), and the cushion (104) is attached to the seat (102) by the stud bolt (112).
Claims10
A side airbag device for providing restraint of an occupant of a vehicle in a seat, comprising:
- an airbag cushion which is built in the seat of the vehicle and inflates and deploys using a gas toward a side of the occupant sitting in the seat and toward a vehicle front side;
- an inflator for providing the gas having a cylindrical shape and having a first end inserted into the airbag cushion to supply the gas to the airbag cushion and a second end;
- and
- a structure which is built in the seat, which extends in a vehicle width direction and is fixed to the seat, wherein
- at least one gas ejection hole adjacent the first end which is disposed inside the airbag cushion to eject the gas;
- a connector which is provided on the second end and to which a harness is connected;
- and
- a stud bolt which is provided at a predetermined location on the inflator and is fastened to the seat,
- the airbag cushion has:
- a chamber formed in a bag shape;
- an extension portion which extends from the chamber on a vehicle rear side and into which the first end of the inflator is inserted;
- and
- a tab which extends from the chamber in the vicinity of the extension portion and is held in the vicinity of the second end of the inflator, and
- the structure is disposed so as to pass through a space portion surrounded by the chamber, the extension portion, the inflator, and the tab, and the airbag cushion is attached to the seat by the stud bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.