Side airbag device
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuji Sato, Toshinori Tanase
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Abstract
A side airbag device having an airbag and an inflator. The airbag has an airbag body which is unfolded and inflated, by gas supplied from an inflator, between the body side of a vehicle and an occupant's chest to head region. A projecting portion is unfolded and inflated from the airbag body in front of the occupant's head.
Claims13
A side airbag device for providing protection in a space between a vehicle occupant and a body side of a vehicle when the occupant is seated on a vehicle seat in a passenger compartment, the side airbag device comprising:
- a gas generator;
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- an airbag for unfolding and inflating by gas supplied from the gas generator between the body side of the vehicle and the occupant seated on the seat, the airbag including:
- an airbag body for unfolding and inflating beside the occupant in the space between the occupant and the vehicle body side;
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- a projecting portion for unfolding and inflating from the airbag body in front of the occupant's head.
A side airbag device for providing protection in a space between a vehicle occupant and a body side of a vehicle when the occupant is seated on a vehicle seat, the side airbag device comprising:
- a gas generator;
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- an airbag for unfolding and inflating by pressure of gas injected from the gas generator between the body side of the vehicle and the occupant seated on the seat with an urging force directed toward the front of the vehicle, the airbag including:
- a main unfolding portion for unfolding and inflating beside the occupant's chest;
- a secondary unfolding portion, formed integrally with and in communication with the main unfolding portion, for unfolding and inflating at at least one of beside the occupant's head and beside the occupant's hip;
- a pocket arranged in the secondary unfolding portion and having an opening that opens towards the gas generator arranged in the main unfolding portion;
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- a fragile portion, formed in the pocket, for tearing open when the secondary unfolding portion is unfolded and inflated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.