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US 9,925,947 · App. 15/196,815 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Rear seat side-airbag device

Inventor: Yusuke Fujiwara (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
B60R21/231B60R21/207B60R21/215B60R2021/2078B60R2021/23153
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Patent No.
US 9,925,947
App. No.
15/196,815
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rear seat side-airbag device of the technology of the present disclosure includes: a side airbag that is disposed between a side garnish and a body, the side garnish being disposed at a vehicle width direction outer-side of a seat back of a rear seat, the side airbag becoming deployed on the side of an occupant; and an airbag door garnish that covers the side airbag from a cabin side and is disposed at a position where at least part of a boundary section between the airbag door garnish and the side garnish is covered from the cabin side by webbing in an unworn state.

Claims (42)

1. A rear seat side-airbag device comprising:

a side airbag that is disposed between a side garnish and a vehicle body, the side garnish being disposed at a vehicle width direction outer-side of a seat back of a rear seat, the side airbag becoming deployed on a side of an occupant; and

an airbag door garnish that includes a tear portion, the airbag door garnish covers the side airbag from a cabin side and is disposed at a position where at least part of a boundary section between the airbag door garnish and the side garnish is covered from the cabin side by webbing in an unworn state, the tear portion is spaced apart from the boundary portion and the tear portion is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer-side of the boundary portion.

2. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the boundary section includes a vertical boundary portion that extends in a vehicle upward and downward direction, and

an entire area of the vertical boundary portion is covered from the cabin side by the webbing in an unworn state.

3. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the boundary section includes a horizontal boundary portion that extends outward in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the vertical boundary portion, and

at least part of the horizontal boundary portion overlaps with an arm rest of a rear side door as seen in a vehicle front view.

4. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 1 , further comprising an inside guide portion that bulges out toward the cabin side from the side garnish and limits movement, inward in the vehicle width direction, of the webbing in an unworn state.

5. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 1 , further comprising an outside guide portion that bulges out toward the cabin side from the airbag door garnish and limits movement, outward in the vehicle width direction, of the webbing in an unworn state.

6. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the side garnish is disposed on one side of the side airbag and the vehicle body is disposed on the other side of the side airbag.

7. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the airbag door garnish includes a hinge portion disposed at the vehicle width direction outer-side of the tear portion.

8. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the airbag door garnish includes an outer surface on the cabin side,

the side garnish includes an outer surface on the cabin side, and

in a state in which the airbag door garnish is attached to the side garnish, the outer surface of the airbag door garnish and the outer surface of the side garnish is the same surface at the boundary section.

9. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 8 , wherein:

in a state in which the airbag door garnish is attached to the side garnish and the side airbag is deployed, the outer surface of the airbag door garnish and the outer surface of the side garnish is the same surface at the boundary section.

10. A rear seat side-airbag device comprising:

a side airbag that is disposed between a side garnish and a vehicle body, the side garnish being disposed at a vehicle width direction outer-side of a seat back of a rear seat, the side airbag becoming deployed on a side of an occupant; and

an airbag door garnish that includes a tear portion, the airbag door garnish covers the side airbag from a cabin side, the airbag door garnish including a horizontal wall portion that is exposed to the cabin side and extends in the vehicle width direction between the vehicle body and an outer end portion of the side garnish, the horizontal wall portion forming a same surface along with the outer end portion of the side garnish, and the airbag door garnish being disposed at a position where at least part of a boundary section between the horizontal wall portion of the airbag door garnish and the side garnish is covered from the cabin side by webbing in an unworn state, the tear portion is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer-side of the boundary portion.

11. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the boundary section includes a vertical boundary portion that extends in a vehicle upward and downward direction, and

an entire area of the vertical boundary portion is covered from the cabin side by the webbing in an unworn state.

12. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 11 , wherein:

the boundary section includes a horizontal boundary portion that extends outward in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the vertical boundary portion, and

at least part of the horizontal boundary portion overlaps with an arm rest of a rear side door as seen in a vehicle front view.

13. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 10 , further comprising an inside guide portion that bulges out toward the cabin side from the side garnish and limits movement, inward in the vehicle width direction, of the webbing in an unworn state.

14. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 10 , further comprising an outside guide portion that bulges out toward the cabin side from the airbag door garnish and limits movement, outward in the vehicle width direction, of the webbing in an unworn state.

15. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the side garnish is disposed on one side of the side airbag and the vehicle body is disposed on the other side of the side airbag.

16. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the airbag door garnish includes a hinge portion disposed at the vehicle width direction outer-side of the tear portion.

17. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the airbag door garnish includes an outer surface on the cabin side,

the side garnish includes an outer surface on the cabin side, and

in a state in which the airbag door garnish is attached to the side garnish, the outer surface of the airbag door garnish and the outer surface of the side garnish is the same surface at the boundary section.

18. The rear seat side-airbag device according to claim 17 , wherein:

in a state in which the airbag door garnish is attached to the side garnish and the side airbag is deployed, the outer surface of the airbag door garnish and the outer surface of the side garnish is the same surface at the boundary section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2016
From: FUJIWARA, YUSUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039044/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-174906 · Sep 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170066402A1 · Mar 9, 2017