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Granted Patent B2
US 12,077,121 · App. 18/113,106 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

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 12,077,121
App. No.
18/113,106
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
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 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 (36)

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; and

a retainer member that holds the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body,

wherein 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,

wherein 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, and

wherein the retainer member includes a fastening portion which is fastened to the vehicle body and a reinforcement wall portion which is provided at a peripheral position of the fastening portion.

2. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a position interposing the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

3. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer member includes a reinforcement portion which is provided at an upper position of the fastening portion.

4. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the first through hole is formed on a different surface of the retainer member from a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

5. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer member includes a step portion which is provided between a surface on which the first through hole is formed and a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

6. The side airbag device according to claim 3 , wherein the reinforcement portion is disposed between the first through hole and the fastening portion in an up to down direction.

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

the airbag storage portion includes a bottom portion on which the first through hole is formed and a side wall portion which extends forward from the bottom portion, and

the harness is hooked on the side wall portion.

8. The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the harness extends in an up to down direction while being supported by the base member.

9. 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 portion 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; and

a retainer portion that holds the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body,

wherein the base portion includes a through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted, and

wherein the retainer portion includes a fastening portion which is fastened to the vehicle body and a reinforcement wall portion which is provided at a peripheral position of the fastening portion.

10. The side airbag device according to claim 9 , wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a position interposing the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

11. The side airbag device according to claim 9 , wherein the retainer portion includes a reinforcement portion which is provided at an upper position of the fastening portion.

12. The side airbag device according to claim 9 , wherein the first through hole is formed on a different surface of the retainer portion from a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

13. The side airbag device according to claim 9 , wherein the retainer portion includes a step portion which is provided between a surface on which the first through hole is formed and a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

14. The side airbag device according to claim 11 , wherein the reinforcement portion is disposed between the first through hole and the fastening portion in an up to down direction.

15. The side airbag device according to claim 9 , wherein

the airbag storage portion includes a bottom portion on which the first through hole is formed and a side wall portion which extends forward from the bottom portion, and

the harness is hooked on the side wall portion.

16. The side airbag device according to claim 9 , wherein the harness extends in an up to down direction while being supported by the base portion.

17. A method for manufacturing a side airbag device provided between a vehicle body and a seat, wherein the side airbag device includes an airbag module, a base portion and a retainer portion, the airbag module includes an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the inflatable airbag, the base portion includes an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and a through hole, the retainer portion includes a fastening portion and a reinforcement wall portion which is provided at a peripheral position of the fastening portion, the method comprising:

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

storing the airbag module in the airbag storage portion of the base portion so that a harness of the inflator is inserted through the through hole;

attaching the retainer portion to the airbag storage portion so that the retainer portion holds the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body,

fastening the fastening portion of the retainer portion to the vehicle body.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-045811 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
JP 2018-045812 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17738077 · May 6, 2022
Continuation 16977658
Related Publication 20230192023A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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