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SIDE-COLLISION AIRBAG APPARATUS

  • US 20110316264A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2011
  • Published: 12/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A side-collision airbag apparatus comprising:

  • a side-collision airbag configured to inflate and deploy toward a side portion of an occupant;

    an inflator configured to inject gas for inflating and deploying said side-collision airbag; and

    an inflator holder configured to support said inflator;

    wherein;

    said inflator comprises;

    an inflator main body portion that is substantially cylindrical in shape and produces said gas;

    an injecting portion that protrudes from a tip end of said inflator main body portion; and

    a clasp portion positioned between said inflator main body portion and said injecting portion;

    said inflator holder comprises;

    a holding portion configured to hold said inflator; and

    a diffuser portion provided to a tip end portion of said holding portion and having a diffuser tube that has a cross-section substantially elliptical in shape; and

    said diffuser tube comprises a contraction opening at an end portion in an injection direction of said gas, and is provided so that an end portion opposite the injection direction of said gas faces to said radial outer peripheral side of said clasp portion.

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