US 12,391,206 B2
Side airbag device
Yuto Kobayashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Tsutomu Sakurai, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/721,365
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/041643
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/119919, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 29, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-208976 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0115208 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/237 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 21/237 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side airbag device having a bag-shaped airbag cushion that utilizes gas supplied from an inflator to expand and deploy to a side of a vehicle seat, wherein:
the airbag cushion includes an interior base material panel provided on an occupant side and an exterior base material panel provided on a side opposite the occupant,
a surface of a lower end vicinity of the airbag cushion opposite the occupant is folded back in an upward direction and the interior base material panel of the lower end vicinity is stowed in the vehicle seat so as to be positionable on the side opposite the occupant, and
the interior base material panel of the lower end vicinity makes friction contact with an upper surface of a console box for arrangement between the vehicle seat and an adjacent seat during expansion and deployment of the airbag cushion,
wherein when the lower end vicinity of the airbag cushion is configured to make friction contact with the upper surface of the console box, the airbag cushion is configured to bend in a convex arch shape toward the vehicle seat.