Side airbag device for vehicle
OwnerYuto KOBAYASHI, Takaki SHIBUYAinventors
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Abstract
An airbag cushion of a side airbag device has a pre-push chamber that initially receives gas from an inflator, and a main chamber that receives gas from the pre-push chamber. The pre-push chamber has a pre-upper chamber aligned with a seat back and a pre-lower chamber aligned with a seat cushion. A main chamber has a main upper chamber connected to the pre-upper chamber via a first inner vent, a main lower chamber connected to the pre-lower chamber via a check valve, and a baffle demarcating the upper main chamber and the lower main chamber.
Claims9
A vehicular side airbag device having an airbag module that can be attached in a side frame of a seat back of a vehicle seat,
- the airbag module comprising:
- an airbag cushion that is rolled or folded in a prescribed storage form and attached in the side frame;
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- an inflator attached to the side frame in a state of being inserted into the airbag cushion;
- the airbag cushion comprising:
- a pre-push chamber which is the first to receive gas from the inflator and expands and deploys;
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- a main chamber that receives gas passing through the pre-push chamber and expands and deploys;
- the pre-push chamber comprising:
- a pre-upper chamber extending in a vertical direction along the seat back;
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- a pre-lower chamber extending forward from a lower part of the pre-upper chamber along a seat cushion of the vehicle seat;
- the main chamber comprising:
- a main upper chamber provided in an area overlapping the pre-upper chamber as viewed from a side of the vehicle seat;
- a main lower chamber provided below the main upper chamber in an area overlapping the pre-lower chamber;
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- a baffle or stitching that partitions the main upper chamber from the main lower chamber and prevents gas from passing therethrough;
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- the airbag cushion further comprising:
- a first inner vent for supplying gas from the pre-upper chamber to the main upper chamber;
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- a check valve for supplying gas from the pre-lower chamber to the main lower chamber while preventing gas from passing from the main lower chamber to the pre-lower chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.