Vehicle curtain airbag apparatus

A vehicle curtain airbag apparatus, comprising:

• an inflator including a gas outlet portion;
• and
• an airbag that is configured to be deployed and inflated toward a space between an occupant and a side wall of a vehicle from a section above the side wall by inflation gas supplied from the gas outlet portion, wherein
• the airbag includes an airbag body, an inner tube, and a pocket portion,
• the airbag body includes a gas passage portion that extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and a connection portion, an internal space of the connection portion being continuous with the gas passage portion, and the inflator being connected to the connection portion,
• the inner tube is configured to be arranged inside the airbag body by being inserted into a connection port provided at the connection portion,
• the inner tube includes:
• a tube body arranged inside the gas passage portion, the tube body including at least one gas outflow port, and
• an insertion portion that is arranged inside the connection portion with an internal space of the insertion portion being continuous with an internal space of the tube body, at least the gas outlet portion of the inflator being inserted into the insertion portion,
• the pocket portion is provided in a front end portion of the tube body in an insertion direction in which the inner tube is inserted into the airbag body,
• the pocket portion is configured such that an insertion aid that guides insertion of the inner tube into the airbag body is inserted into the pocket portion,
• a front end portion of the pocket portion in the insertion direction is joined to the tube body at a first joint portion that extends in an intersecting direction, the intersecting direction intersecting the insertion direction, and
• at least one of end portions of the pocket portion in the intersecting direction is joined to the tube body at a second joint portion that extends in the insertion direction.