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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Koji Kawamura, Kiyosu, JP;
Taizo Suemitsu, Kiyosu, JP;
Atsushi Kashio, Kiyosu, JP;
Mitsuhiro Hamada, Toyota, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A head-protecting airbag device includes an airbag that is inflatable in such a manner as to separate an inboard side wall and an outboard side wall while unfolding downward from a housing. The airbag includes a front inflatable shielding region that covers an inboard side of a window and includes a sub inflatable region that is inflatable later than the main inflatable region. The sub inflatable region includes a supportive inflatable region that is supported by a vehicle body member which is disposed below a beltline. The airbag is stored in the housing such that a front lower corner of the sub inflatable region is folded inward on a crease extending obliquely rearward and downward from the front edge to the lower edge of the airbag before the airbag is subjected to a vertical size reducing folding that brings the lower edge as unfolded flatly close to the upper edge.