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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Akihiro Maita, Settsu, JP;
Shuhei Konishi, Settsu, JP;
Tomoki Hashizume, Settsu, JP;
Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An action of once strongly pressing an airbag against a pillar trim at the initial stage of deployment is omitted to enable the airbag to be quickly inflated and deployed without reducing the deployment speed thereof. An airbag device includes a folded airbag () that is attached to an upper part of a side wall inside a vehicle cabin in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, and an inflator that inflates and deploys the airbag () to the lower side of the vehicle. The airbag () includes a roll-folded portion (R) rolled from one end thereof opposite from an attaching side, and an accordion-folded portion (J) continuous with the roll-folded portion (R) and folded in an accordion manner. The accordion-folded portion (J) is folded so as to be located at a side of the roll-folded portion (R). The accordion-folded portion (J) is formed by folding the roll-folded portion (R) into two and making accordion folds from the two-folded portion so as to have the same width as the width (L) of the two-folded roll-folded portion (R).