Side airbag apparatus
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Yamashita
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Abstract
A side airbag apparatus is provided in a side portion of a vehicle seat back located on the vehicle outer side. The side airbag apparatus includes an airbag unit elongated in the up-down direction and a plate fixed to the airbag unit. The airbag unit has an airbag and an inflator. The plate has a fixing portion and a rear wall portion. The inner side surface of the airbag unit is fixed to the fixing portion. The rear wall portion covers an upper half portion of the airbag unit. The rear wall portion also partly covers the rear surface of the lower half portion of the airbag unit. The plate is made of resin and has flexibility and elasticity.
Claims7
A side airbag apparatus provided in a side portion of a seat back of a vehicle seat, comprising:
- an elongated airbag unit extending in an up-down direction, the airbag unit having a folded airbag and an inflator installed in the airbag;
- wherein, at a side collision of a vehicle, the airbag is inflated and deployed outward and forward in relation to the vehicle seat, and
- a plate for installing the airbag unit in the side portion of the seat back,
- wherein the plate including:
- a fixing portion to which an inner side of the airbag unit is fixed;
- and
- a rear wall portion connected to the fixing portion, the rear wall portion covering at least a part of a rear surface of the airbag unit, the part being located above the inflator,
- wherein the plate has flexibility and elasticity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.