Side airbag apparatus

• Main Authors: OKADA IZURU, KANTO TAKANORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.12.2009
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A side airbag apparatus 23 includes an airbag 27 and a guide member 30, which guides inflation and deployment of the airbag 27. The airbag 27 is fixed to a right side wall 24a of a seat frame 24. A part of the airbag 27 protrudes further forward than a front end 24A of the right side wall 24a. The airbag 27 is supplied with gas from an inflator 26, so as to be inflated and deployed in a space between a body side portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated in a front seat 21. The guide member 30 guides the airbag 27 forward when it is inflated and deployed. The guide member 30 includes a guide portion 30c and a first bending portion 30a, which extends from the guide portion 30c. The guide portion 30c is arranged to face a surface of the airbag 27 facing the interior of the vehicle at least in an area forward of the right side wall 24a. The first bending portion 30a is flexed rightward when receiving load from the left. Also, the first bending portion 30a restricts the guide portion 30c from being flexed leftward when receiving the force of inflation and deployment of the airbag 27.