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US 12,194,943 · App. 18/429,482 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Vehicle center airbag device

Inventor: Koji Ohara (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R21/207B60R21/23138B60R2021/23146
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Patent No.
US 12,194,943
App. No.
18/429,482
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle center airbag device includes: an inflator that is provided at a vehicle seat, and that is configured to eject gas due to being actuated; and a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seatback of the vehicle seat, and that is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat due to the gas being supplied to an interior thereof; and an introduction path that is provided at an upper portion thereof the center airbag, into which gas that has been ejected from the inflator is introduced, wherein the introduction path includes opening portions that eject the gas toward a vehicle lower side, at an intermediate portion thereof.

Claims (9)

1. A vehicle center airbag device comprising:

an inflator that is provided at a vehicle seat, and that is configured to eject gas due to being actuated; and

a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seatback of the vehicle seat, and that is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat due to the gas being supplied to an interior thereof; and

an introduction path that is provided at an upper portion thereof the center airbag, into which gas that has been ejected from the inflator is introduced,

wherein the introduction path includes a plurality of opening portions that eject the gas toward a vehicle lower side, at an intermediate portion thereof, and

wherein the introduction path includes an auxiliary opening portion that is smaller in diameter than the plurality of opening portions, at least at a rear portion of the introduction path among a front end portion and the rear portion of the introduction path.

2. The vehicle center airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the front end portion of the introduction path extends to a front end lower portion of the center airbag and is closed off.

3. The vehicle center airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction path is formed by sewing a base cloth of the center airbag, or is formed by a tube that is provided at the interior of the center airbag.

4. The vehicle center airbag device according to claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of opening portions is formed in a tube shape that projects toward the vehicle lower side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2024
From: OHARA, KOJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066743/0403 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-027799 · Feb 24, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240286572A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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