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Granted Patent B2
US 11,260,822 · App. 16/934,250 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Side airbag device

Inventors: Matsuo Nagata (Kiyosu, JP); Tatsuya Hashido (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60R21/215B60R21/017B60R21/237B60R21/23138
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,260,822
App. No.
16/934,250
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A side airbag device includes: a side airbag in a folded state; a gas generator that includes an attachment portion to be attached to a vehicle, and that is configured to generate inflation gas to be supplied to the side airbag; a wrapping sheet that covers peripheries of the side airbag and the gas generator, and that is breakable when the side airbag is deployed and inflated; and a wire harness that includes a connection end portion electrically connected to the gas generator, and that is led out to an outer portion of the wrapping sheet. The wire harness is provided with a first locking portion, and the wrapping sheet is provided with a second locking portion that is locked to the first locking portion.

Claims (16)

1. A side airbag device comprising:

a side airbag in a folded state;

a gas generator that includes an attachment portion to be attached to a vehicle, and that is configured to generate inflation gas to be supplied to the side airbag;

a wrapping sheet that covers peripheries of the side airbag and the gas generator, and that is breakable when the side airbag is deployed and inflated; and

a wire harness that includes a connection end portion electrically connected to the gas generator, and that is led out to an outer portion of the wrapping sheet, wherein

the wire harness is provided with a first locking portion, and

the wrapping sheet is provided with a second locking portion that is locked to the first locking portion, wherein

the first locking portion includes a locking protrusion,

the second locking portion includes a locking hole into which the locking protrusion is inserted, and

the first locking portion and the second locking portion are locked to each other by inserting the locking protrusion into the locking hole,

a flexible first sheet member is fixed to the wrapping sheet in an overlapping state, and

the locking hole is provided so as to penetrate the wrapping sheet and the first sheet member,

the first sheet member is adhered to the wrapping sheet,

a second sheet member harder than the first sheet member is provided between the wrapping sheet and the first sheet member in a state of being overlapped with the wrapping sheet and the first sheet member, and

the locking hole is provided so as to penetrate the wrapping sheet, the second sheet member, and the first sheet member.

2. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the second sheet member comprises a metal plate member provided between the wrapping sheet and the first sheet member, and the locking hole penetrates, in this order, the first sheet member and the metal plate member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: NAGATA, MATSUO; HASHIDO, TATSUYA
To: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053262/0851 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-153679 · Aug 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210061212A1 · Mar 4, 2021
Cited By (1)
US 12,583,411