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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2007
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Takeshi Yamaji, Osaka, JP;
Toru Ozaki, Aichi, JP;
Takeshi Yamaji, Osaka, JP;
Toru Ozaki, Aichi, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishi-Kasugai-Gun, JP;
Abstract
A side air bag expands near a window at a time of collision of a vehicle to restrain an occupant from moving in a lateral direction. The air bag has an expansion durationprotractedwhich is extendedto constrain the occupant during overturning of the vehicle. Stowability for stowing the air bag in a folded state in a side structure of the vehicle, such as a pillar and a roof side rail portion, is enhanced in that two woven fabrics are connected along an outer peripheral portion,to form a bag portion, bya textile structure woven using a common yarninclude inofbothfabricsfabric sheets forming opposing sides of the air bag. A whole of the bag portion is coated and sealed by an airnon-permeableimpermeablecoating material to improve air tightness. A mounting portion for mounting the air bag in the side structure, such as a pillar or a roof side rail, is integrally formed by extending the woven fabrics or the common-yarn textile structure portion outward from the outer peripheral connection portion, thereby improving stowability.