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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Haruhiko Tsutsumi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B60R / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807302 ; 280808 ; 29721613 ; 297483 ;
Abstract
A side impact air bag apparatus incorporated into a seat includes a column at a side portion of a seat back which opposes a door and which integrally moves with the seat back. The column accommodates an air bag main body which is folded within the column, and an inflator. A webbing guide device is disposed at a seat back shoulder portion of the seat near the inner side portion of the column in a transverse direction of the vehicle. The webbing guide device guides a webbing, one end of which is fixed to an anchor at a center pillar.