US 12,291,160 B2
Side airbag device and method for manufacturing same
Atsushi Yamabe, Tochigi (JP); and Daisuke Kuriyama, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/644,949.
Application 18/644,949 is a continuation of application No. 17/937,989, filed on Oct. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,993,217.
Application 17/937,989 is a continuation of application No. 16/762,828, granted, now 11,485,311, issued on Nov. 1, 2022, previously published as PCT/JP2018/035637, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-216312 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2017; application No. 2017-216313 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2017; and application No. 2017-216314 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270193 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/21 (2011.01); B60R 21/217 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/21 (2013.01); B60R 21/2171 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2078 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side airbag device disposed between a vehicle body and a seat, the side airbag device comprising:
an airbag;
an inflator configured to supply the airbag with gas;
a base member fixed to the vehicle body, the base member configured to accommodate the airbag and the inflator; and
an outer covering member configured to cover at least a front side of the base member to form a front-facing interior surface,
wherein the base member comprises a wire frame made of a metal rod,
wherein the wire frame comprises:
an outer wire frame making up at least part of an outer portion located laterally outward with respect to the vehicle body, relative to the airbag;
an inner wire frame making up at least part of an inner portion located laterally inward with respect to the vehicle body, relative to the airbag;
a rear wire frame located rearward relative to the airbag in a front-rear direction of the seat, the rear wire frame connecting the outer wire frame and the inner wire frame; and
at least one bridging portion located apart from and farther frontward relative to the rear wire frame, the at least one bridging portion connecting the outer wire frame and the inner wire frame, and
wherein the at least one bridging portion includes a laterally outer end portion fixed to a laterally inner side surface of the outer wire frame, and a laterally inner end portion fixed to a laterally outer side surface of the inner wire frame.