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US 9,067,558 B2Granted
Vehicle side airbag device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFumito Akiyama
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Abstract
A deployment guiding cloth is wound from an outside in the vehicle width direction, on an outer peripheral portion of a folded side airbag. This deployment guiding cloth extends toward a vehicle front side and is interposed between the side airbag that is partially deployed and a vehicle cabin side portion (a center pillar garnish and a door trim) before the side airbag is fully deployed.
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A vehicle side airbag device comprising:
- an inflator that ejects gas in response to being activated;
- a side airbag that is housed folded in a seatback side portion, the side airbag inflating and deploying from the seatback side portion toward a vehicle front side by the gas being supplied from the inflator;
- and
- a deployment guiding member that is wound around the folded side airbag from an outside in a vehicle width direction, the deployment guiding member extends beyond the vehicle front side of the seatback side portion to interpose the deployment guiding member between the side airbag that is partially deployed and a vehicle cabin side portion before the side airbag is fully deployed.
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A vehicle side airbag device comprising:
- an inflator that ejects gas in response to being activated;
- a side airbag that is housed folded in a seatback side portion, the side airbag inflating and deploying from the seatback side portion toward a vehicle front side by the gas being supplied from the inflator;
- and
- a deployment guiding member that is wound around the folded side airbag from an outside in a vehicle width direction, the deployment guiding portion includes a first end secured to the seatback side portion and an opposite second end that is unattached, the deployment guiding member extending toward the vehicle front side and being interposed between the side airbag that is partially deployed and a vehicle cabin side portion before the side airbag is fully deployed.
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A vehicle side airbag device comprising:
- an inflator that ejects gas in response to being activated;
- a side airbag that is housed folded in a seatback side portion, the side airbag inflating and deploying from the seatback side portion toward a vehicle front side by the gas being supplied from the inflator;
- and
- a deployment guiding member that is wound around the folded side airbag from an outside in a vehicle width direction so as to cover an outer side of the folded side airbag, in the vehicle width direction, a front side of the folded side airbag, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and at least a portion of an inner side of the folded side airbag, in the vehicle width direction, the deployment guiding member extending toward the vehicle front side and being interposed between the side airbag that is partially deployed and a vehicle cabin side portion before the side airbag is fully deployed.
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