Side airbag apparatus
AssigneesNHK Spring Co., Ltd., Subaru Corporation
InventorsTaisuke Matsuzaki, Hideki Hasumi, Youhei Kanbara, Yuuji Matsubara
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Abstract
A side airbag apparatus has an inflatable side airbag, an inflator which supplies the side airbag with gas, a base member in which the folded side airbag and inflator are accommodated, and a harness connected to the inflator to supply it with power for ignition. The base member has a backside surface which faces an inside of the seat, a frontside surface, a protrusion portion formed on the frontside surface, and a harness supporting portion below the protrusion portion which fixes a portion of the harness so as to restrict lateral and vertical movements of the harness relative to the frontside surface.
Claims9
A side airbag apparatus for a vehicle provided between a vehicle body and a vehicle seat disposed in the vehicle, said side airbag apparatus comprising:
- an inflatable side airbag, said inflatable side airbag having a folded configuration;
- an inflator configured to supply an inside of said inflatable side airbag with gas;
- a harness, said harness having an end connected to said inflator to supply said inflator with power for ignition;
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- a base member having a back side surface disposed to face an interior of the vehicle seat and a front side surface facing away from the back side surface, said base member having a protrusion portion disposed at said front side surface and projecting in a direction away from said back side surface, said protrusion portion defining an accommodating space disposed at said back side surface of said base member and opening in a direction away from said front side surface, said inflatable side airbag in said folded configuration and said inflator both being disposed in said accommodating space, said harness being drawn out from said back side surface of said base member to said front side surface of said base member and extending vertically downwardly from said inflator to a vehicle floor, said base member further including a harness supporting portion disposed vertically below said protrusion portion at said front side surface, said harness supporting portion being configured to restrict both lateral and vertical movements of a portion of said harness relative to said front side surface of said base member as said harness extends vertically downwardly from said inflator to the vehicle floor, said protrusion portion having a protruding height dimension, said protruding height dimension being oriented in a direction from said back side surface to said front side surface of said base member, said portion of said harness being disposed vertically below said protrusion portion at said front side surface of said base member, and said protruding height dimension of said protrusion portion being set such that said protrusion portion is disposed to protect said portion of said harness from damage at said front side surface of said base member.
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