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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiki Iwama, Toyota, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Miyoshi, JP;
Yu Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Hashido, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An airbag device includes an inflator that is installed in an upper part of a vehicle seat, and that generates gas in an event of a vehicle collision, an airbag to which the gas from the inflator is supplied, and is inflated and deployed from the upper part of the vehicle seat toward a front side of the vehicle seat, and a diffuser that distributes the gas to the airbag. The diffuser includes a connecting portion that is connected to the inflator, and a plurality of branching portions that each branch from the connecting portion and connect to the airbag. The diffuser includes a silencing portion in at least the branching portions. The silencing portion reduces sound pressure of the gas.