Side airbag apparatus, motor vehicle seat, and gas distributor of inflator
First Claim
1. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
- a side airbag including a plurality of partitioned chambers therein, adapted to be inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a motor vehicle and an occupant seated on a seat disposed inside the motor vehicle;
an inflator having an approximately cylindrical shape, and blowing gas for inflating and deploying the side airbag from one side in a longitudinal direction of the inflator; and
a cylindrical member disposed to cover the one side in the longitudinal direction of the inflator and having a squeezing portion for squeezing a flow path of the gas blown out from the inflator.
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Abstract
A side airbag apparatus includes a side airbag having a plurality of partitioned chambers therein to be inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a body of a motor vehicle and an occupant seated on a seat disposed inside the body. An inflator has an approximately cylindrical shape and blows gas out for inflating and deploying the side airbag from one side in a longitudinal direction of the inflator. A cylindrical member is disposed in a manner so as to cover the one side in the longitudinal direction of the inflator and has a squeezing portion for restricting a flow path of the gas blown out from the inflator.
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1. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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a side airbag including a plurality of partitioned chambers therein, adapted to be inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a motor vehicle and an occupant seated on a seat disposed inside the motor vehicle; an inflator having an approximately cylindrical shape, and blowing gas for inflating and deploying the side airbag from one side in a longitudinal direction of the inflator; and a cylindrical member disposed to cover the one side in the longitudinal direction of the inflator and having a squeezing portion for squeezing a flow path of the gas blown out from the inflator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A gas distributor for an inflator for distributing gas to an airbag, comprising a cylindrical member having a squeezing portion for restriction a flow path of the gas blown from the inflator, the cylindrical portion covering one side in a longitudinal direction of the inflator.
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