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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Yuji Sato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshinori Tanase, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Kato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A side airbag apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag. Gas discharged from the inflator inflates and deploys the airbag in a space between a vehicle door and an occupant seated on a front seat in a passenger compartment. The airbag has a tether that limits the thickness of the airbag when the airbag is inflated and deployed. The airbag has a pair of inner surfaces that face each other along the direction of the thickness. The tether bridges the inner surfaces of the airbag. A vehicle exterior joint portion, which couples the tether to the inner surface of the airbag located close to an inner surface of the body side portion, is located closer to a center of the airbag than a vehicle interior joint portion, which couples the tether to the inner surface of the airbag located far from the inner surface of the body side portion.