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US 12,545,206 · App. 19/175,050 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

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 12,545,206
App. No.
19/175,050
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
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 (43)

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 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 first-through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted, and

wherein the harness is attached by an attachment member on a surface of the base portion different from a surface on which the through hole is formed.

2 . The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein a second through hole is formed in a portion of the retainer portion facing the through hole.

3 . The side airbag device according to claim 2 , wherein the attachment member is provided on a surface of the retainer portion different from a surface on which the second through hole is formed.

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

the retainer portion includes a fastening portion fastened to the vehicle body, and

the attachment member is provided on a surface of the retainer portion different from a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

5 . The side airbag device according to claim 4 , wherein the retainer portion includes a step portion provided between a surface on which the attachment member is provided and the surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

6 . The side airbag device according to claim 4 , wherein the attachment member is disposed at an inside position of the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

7 . The side airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein the retainer portion includes:

a fastening portion which is fastened to the vehicle body;

a reinforcement wall portion which is provided in a portion facing the fastening portion; and

a reinforcement portion which is provided between the fastening portion and the through hole.

8 . The side airbag device according to claim 7 , wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a lateral position of the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

9 . The side airbag device according to claim 7 , wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a position interposing the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

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

the retainer portion includes a second through hole, and

a reinforcement portion is provided on at least one of a surface of the retainer portion on which the second through hole is formed and a surface on which the attachment member is provided.

11 . 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 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; and

attaching the harness by an attachment member on a surface of the base portion different from a surface on which the through hole is formed.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein a second through hole is formed in a portion of the retainer portion facing the through hole.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the attachment member is provided on a surface of the retainer portion different from a surface on which the second through hole is formed.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein

the retainer portion includes a fastening portion fastened to the vehicle body, and

the attachment member is provided on a surface of the retainer portion different from a surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the retainer portion includes a step portion provided between a surface on which the attachment member is provided and the surface on which the fastening portion is formed.

16 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment member is disposed at an inside position of the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

17 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the retainer portion includes:

a fastening portion which is fastened to the vehicle body;

a reinforcement wall portion which is provided in a portion facing the fastening portion; and

a reinforcement portion which is provided between the fastening portion and the through hole.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a lateral position of the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

19 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the reinforcement wall portion is disposed at a position interposing the fastening portion in a vehicle body width direction.

20 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein

the retainer portion includes a second through hole, and

a reinforcement portion is provided on at least one of a surface of the retainer portion on which the second through hole is formed and a surface on which the attachment member is provided.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-045811 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
JP 2018-045812 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18782114 · Jul 24, 2024
Continuation 18113106 · Feb 23, 2023
Continuation 17738077 · May 6, 2022
Continuation 16977658
Related Publication 20250236254A1 · Jul 24, 2025
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