US 11,912,225 B2
Side airbag device
Hidetaka Azuma, Settsu (JP); Yuta Minami, Settsu (JP); Yoshitaka Okagami, Settsu (JP); and Kazuya Hashimoto, Settsu (JP)
Assigned to ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Settsu (JP)
Appl. No. 17/615,988
Filed by ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Settsu (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022807
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255817, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-114698 (JP), filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355756 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side airbag device inflatable and deployable in a space beside an occupant seated in a vehicle seat, the side airbag device comprising:
an inflator configured to generate a gas; and
a bag-shaped airbag inflatable and deployable in response to the gas upon activation of the inflator to protect a lateral portion of the occupant, wherein
the airbag includes a torso protection portion inflatable and deployable in a space beside a torso of the occupant and a head protection portion configured to be provided above the torso protection portion and inflatable and deployable between an upper portion of a shoulder of the occupant and a lateral portion of a head of the occupant, and
the head protection portion is bendable such that an acute angle is formed between a join line of the head protection portion and a join line of the torso protection portion.