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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Koji Shibayama, Kiyosu, JP;
Yuji Sato, Kiyosu, JP;
Yoshiaki Goto, Kiyosu, JP;
Yasushi Okada, Kiyosu, JP;
Koji Shibayama, Kiyosu, JP;
Yuji Sato, Kiyosu, JP;
Yoshiaki Goto, Kiyosu, JP;
Yasushi Okada, Kiyosu, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A side airbag apparatus includes an airbagthat is inflated and deployed in a space between an occupant seated in a vehicle seatand a vehicle body side portion by inflation gas that is supplied from an inflatorin response to an impact applied to the vehicle from a side. The airbaghas a lumbar region protecting portionthat is inflated and deployed beside at least the lumbar region PP of the occupant, thereby protecting the lumbar region PP. In the side airbag apparatus, the lumbar region protecting portionhas a part A at which the thickness in the vehicle widthwise direction is the greatest. The position in the vertical direction of the part A is lower than a highest point B in a front portion of the seat cushionof the vehicle seat. These settings allow the part A to be inflated and deployed at a position that is spaced downward from the upper endU of an ilium of the occupant P.