| CPC B60R 21/213 (2013.01) [B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 21/232 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. A curtain shield airbag device comprising:
an inflator; and
a curtain shield airbag configured to be inflated and deployed in each of a side collision and an offset front collision of a vehicle, wherein the curtain shield airbag includes
a plurality of chambers including a front seat occupant protection chamber configured to be located on a side of a front seat of the vehicle in an inflated and deployed state of the curtain shield airbag, and a rear seat occupant protection chamber configured to be located on a side of a rear seat of the vehicle in the inflated and deployed state, and
a plurality of non-expansion parts that are not expanded in the inflated and deployed state and that define the plurality of chambers; and
a distribution unit configured to distribute a gas supplied from the inflator to the front seat occupant protection chamber and to the rear seat occupant protection chamber, wherein
the distribution unit comprises:
a first non-expansion part, a second non-expansion part, and a third non-expansion part that are included in the plurality of non-expansion parts, the first non-expansion part being inclined upward toward a rear side of the vehicle, the second non-expansion part being positioned on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the first non-expansion part, the third non-expansion part being positioned on an upper side of the vehicle with respect to the second non-expansion part;
a first opening; and
a second opening,
the first opening is defined by an end of the first non-expansion part and an end of the second non-expansion part, the first opening communicating with the front seat occupant protection chamber,
the second opening is defined by the end of the second non-expansion part and an end of the third non-expansion part, the second opening communicating with the rear seat occupant protection chamber, and
the end of the second non-expansion part is aligned with a belt insertion hole of a shoulder belt anchor for the front seat in a vertical direction with respect to a bottom of the vehicle when viewed from a longitudinal side of the vehicle, and the second opening is positioned on the upper side and the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the belt insertion hole, in the inflated and deployed state.
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