# US 12,296,772 B2 · Side airbag device

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- Number: US 12,296,772 B2
- Document ID: US12296772B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/782,114
- Filed: 2024-07-24
- Published: 2024-11-14
- Granted: 2025-05-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-13
- Assignees: Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hirooki Negishi; Masayuki Miyazaki; Naoya Nishimoto; Kazuaki Mima
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12296772B2

## CPC

- B60R 21/207: in vehicle seats
- B60R 21/217: Inflation fluid source retainers, e.g. reaction canisters; Connection of bags, covers, diffusers or inflation fluid sources therewith or together
- B60R 2021/161: {characterised by additional means for controlling deployment trajectory}
- B60R 2021/2078: {in rear seats}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A side airbag device provided between a vehicle body and a seat comprising:
an airbag module that includes an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag;
a base portion that includes an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module, and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat; and
a retainer portion that holds the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body,
wherein the base portion includes a through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted,
wherein the retainer portion includes a fastening portion which is fastened to the vehicle body, and
wherein the fastening portion is disposed at a different position from the through hole in an up to down direction and in a vehicle body width direction in a rear view of the side airbag device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the through hole is formed on a different surface of the retainer portion from a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the retainer portion includes a step portion which is provided between a surface on which the through hole is formed and a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein
the airbag storage portion includes a bottom portion on which the first through hole is formed and a side wall portion which extends forward from the bottom portion, and
the harness is hooked on the side wall portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the harness extends in the up to down direction while being supported by the base portion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the through hole is disposed at an inside position of the fastening portion in the vehicle body width direction.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein
the retainer portion includes a reinforcement wall portion which is provided at a peripheral position of the fastening portion and a reinforcement portion which is provided between the fastening portion and the through hole.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The side airbag device according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a lateral position of the fastening portion in the vehicle body width direction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The side airbag device according to claim 7, wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a position interposing the fastening portion in the vehicle body width direction.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The side airbag device according to claim 7, wherein
the reinforcement portion is disposed between the fastening portion and the through hole in the up to down direction, and is disposed at an upper position of the fastening portion.

### Claim 11

A method for manufacturing a side airbag device provided between a vehicle body and a seat, wherein the side airbag device includes an airbag module, a base portion and a retainer portion, the airbag module includes an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the inflatable airbag, the base portion includes an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and a through hole, the retainer portion includes a fastening portion, the method comprising:
attaching the base portion between a vehicle body door and the seat;
storing the airbag module in the airbag storage portion of the base portion so that a harness of the inflator is inserted through the through hole;
attaching the retainer portion to the airbag storage portion so that the retainer portion holds the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body; and
fastening the fastening portion of the retainer portion to the vehicle body;
wherein the fastening portion is disposed at a different position from the through hole in an up to down direction and in a vehicle body width direction in a rear view of the side airbag device.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein the through hole is formed on a different surface of the retainer portion from a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein the retainer portion includes a step portion which is provided between a surface on which the through hole is formed and a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein
the airbag storage portion includes a bottom portion on which the first through hole is formed and a side wall portion which extends forward from the bottom portion, and
the harness is hooked on the side wall portion.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein the harness extends in the up to down direction while being supported by the base portion.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein the through hole is disposed at an inside position of the fastening portion in the vehicle body width direction.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein
the retainer portion includes a reinforcement wall portion which is provided at a peripheral position of the fastening portion and a reinforcement portion which is provided between the fastening portion and the through hole.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method according to claim 17, wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a lateral position of the fastening portion in the vehicle body width direction.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The method according to claim 17, wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a position interposing the fastening portion in the vehicle body width direction.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The method according to claim 17, wherein
the reinforcement portion is disposed between the fastening portion and the through hole in the up to down direction, and is disposed at an upper position of the fastening portion.
