Side airbag
AssigneeMitsubishi Jodosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Suzuki, Naoki Fujisawa
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Abstract
A side airbag capable of fully absorbing impact directed to a chest region while keeping an arm from being pressed against the chest region due to inflation is provided. A side airbag 30, an arm facing section 38 which faces an arm H2 of the occupant H in an inflated state has a dented shape and serves to push up the arm H2 to a position where the arm H2 does not overlap a chest H3 region of the occupant.
Claims9
A side airbag configured to be deployed and inflated between a door of a vehicle and a vehicle occupant in a lateral direction of the vehicle, the side air bag comprising:
- an arm facing section, provided at an upper end of the side air bag, that rises upward as the side air bag inflates, the arm facing section having a dented shape extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to accommodate an arm of a vehicle occupant;
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- a tether extending between the arm facing section and a lower portion of the side air bag, the tether being a cord member, one end of which being connected to the arm facing section and an opposite end of which being connected to the lower portion of the side air bag at a position close to a rear of the side air bag in side view of the vehicle with respect to the one end.
A side airbag configured to be deployed and inflated between a door of a vehicle and a vehicle occupant in a lateral direction of the vehicle, the side air bag comprising:
- an arm facing section, provided at an upper end of the side air bag, that rises upward as the side air bag inflates, the arm facing section having a dented shape extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to accommodate an arm of a vehicle occupant, the arm facing section being located around a joint which connects an occupant-side base fabric located on the occupant side and a vehicle-body-side base fabric located on the side of the lateral portion of the vehicle body;
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- a tether extending between the arm facing section and a lower portion of the side air bag, the tether being a cord member, one end of which being connected to the arm facing section and an opposite end of which being connected to the lower portion of the side air bag at a position close to a rear of the side air bag in side view of the vehicle with respect to the one end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.