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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Autoliv Development Ab, Vårgårda, SE;

Inventors:

Yuichiro Tsukagoshi, Yokohama, JP;

Kim Minfun, Yokohama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/239 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/239 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23324 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23382 (2013.01);
Abstract

A side airbag device is provided, which is capable of increasing an energy absorption amount while suppressing the load on an occupant. The side airbag device includes: a bag-shaped cushion; an inflator provided on a vehicle rear side inside the cushion; an inner tube that surrounds the inflator; an upper opening and a lower opening formed in the inner tube; a tether that extends toward a vehicle front side from the inner tube to partition the vehicle front side of the inside of the cushion into a chest restraining portion and a waist restraining portion; a void portion provided inside the cushion on the vehicle front side of the tether; and a vent hole formed near the void portion. The upper opening has a smaller opening area than the lower opening, and the tether is inclined downward toward the vehicle front side from the vehicle rear side.


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