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Granted Patent B2
US 11,590,918 · App. 17/738,077 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Side airbag device

Inventors: Hirooki Negishi (Tochigi, JP); Masayuki Miyazaki (Tochigi, JP); Naoya Nishimoto (Tochigi, JP); Kazuaki Mima (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60R21/207B60R21/217B60R2021/161
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Patent No.
US 11,590,918
App. No.
17/738,077
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module including an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole.

Claims (32)

1. A side airbag device provided between a vehicle body and a seat comprising:

an airbag module that includes an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag;

a base member that includes an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module, and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat;

a stay cloth which guides the deployment of the inflatable airbag; and

a stay cloth bracket which attaches the stay cloth thereto,

wherein the base member includes an opening portion formed on the base member,

wherein the stay cloth bracket is attached to the base member, and

wherein at least a part of the stay cloth bracket overlaps the opening portion.

2. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein

the stay cloth bracket includes a stay cloth holding portion which holds the stay cloth, and

the stay cloth holding portion overlaps the opening portion.

3. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inflator includes a bolt which protrudes outward from the inflator,

the stay cloth bracket includes a bolt insertion hole through which the bolt is inserted, and

the stay cloth bracket is fastened to the inflator by inserting the bolt through the bolt insertion hole.

4. The side airbag device according to claim 3 , further comprising a retainer member that holds the airbag storage portion from a rear side of the vehicle body, wherein

the retainer member includes a bolt insertion hole through which the bolt is inserted, and

the stay cloth bracket and the retainer member are fastened to the bolt of the inflator.

5. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein

the stay cloth bracket includes an attachment portion and an extending portion which extends from the attachment portion, and

the extending portion includes a stay cloth holding portion which has a slit shape and holds the stay cloth.

6. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , further comprising a harness that is connected to the inflator, wherein

the base member includes a first through hole through which the harness is inserted, and

the first through hole is disposed at a position different from the opening portion on the base member.

7. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein

the base member includes a bottom portion and a side wall portion which extends forward from the bottom portion, and

the opening portion is formed from the bottom portion to the side wall portion.

8. A method for manufacturing a side airbag device, wherein the side airbag device includes an airbag module, a base member, a stay cloth which guides the deployment of the airbag module and a stay cloth bracket, the airbag module has an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the inflatable airbag, the base member has an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and an opening portion, the method comprising:

attaching the base member between a vehicle body door and the seat;

storing the airbag module in the airbag storage portion of the base member;

attaching the stay cloth bracket to the base member so that at least a part of the stay cloth bracket overlaps the opening portion; and

attaching the stay cloth to the stay cloth bracket.

Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-045811 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-045812 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16977658
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