VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE AND SIDE AIR BAG MANUFACTURING METHOD
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1. A vehicle side air bag device comprising:
- an inflator provided in a vehicle seat and configured to be activated to generate gas when a side collision of a vehicle is detected or predicted;
a side air bag provided in a side portion on an outer side, in a vehicle width direction, of a seatback of the vehicle seat, the side air bag being configured to be expanded and unfolded between a sitting occupant and a vehicle-body side portion when the gas generated from the inflator is supplied thereinside, the side air bag including a front bag portion configured to restrain front parts of a chest and an abdomen of the sitting occupant, a rear bag portion including the inflator thereinside and configured to restrain rear parts of the chest and the abdominal, and a forward extending portion extended toward a vehicle front side from an upper end of the rear bag portion so as to be placed on a vehicle upper side of the front bag portion, the forward extending portion being configured to restrain a shoulder of the sitting occupant;
a tether portion placed in a boundary portion between the front bag portion and the rear bag portion in the side air bag so as to partition the front bag portion from the rear bag portion, the tether portion having a gas feed opening via which the front bag portion and the rear bag portion communicate with each other; and
a seam portion or a narrow-width tether portion narrower than the tether portion, the seam portion or the narrow-width tether portion being set in a boundary portion between the forward extending portion and the front bag portion in the side air bag so as to partition the forward extending portion from the front bag portion.
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Abstract
In a side air bag of a vehicle side air bag device, a front bag portion and a rear bag portion are partitioned by a tether portion. A plurality of gas feed openings is formed in the tether portion. Further, a forward extending portion is extended from an upper end of the rear bag portion toward an upper end side of the front bag portion. The forward extending portion and the front bag portion are partitioned by a seam portion.
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1. A vehicle side air bag device comprising:
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an inflator provided in a vehicle seat and configured to be activated to generate gas when a side collision of a vehicle is detected or predicted; a side air bag provided in a side portion on an outer side, in a vehicle width direction, of a seatback of the vehicle seat, the side air bag being configured to be expanded and unfolded between a sitting occupant and a vehicle-body side portion when the gas generated from the inflator is supplied thereinside, the side air bag including a front bag portion configured to restrain front parts of a chest and an abdomen of the sitting occupant, a rear bag portion including the inflator thereinside and configured to restrain rear parts of the chest and the abdominal, and a forward extending portion extended toward a vehicle front side from an upper end of the rear bag portion so as to be placed on a vehicle upper side of the front bag portion, the forward extending portion being configured to restrain a shoulder of the sitting occupant; a tether portion placed in a boundary portion between the front bag portion and the rear bag portion in the side air bag so as to partition the front bag portion from the rear bag portion, the tether portion having a gas feed opening via which the front bag portion and the rear bag portion communicate with each other; and a seam portion or a narrow-width tether portion narrower than the tether portion, the seam portion or the narrow-width tether portion being set in a boundary portion between the forward extending portion and the front bag portion in the side air bag so as to partition the forward extending portion from the front bag portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A side air bag manufacturing method comprising:
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sewing secondary longitudinal edge portions of paired right and left subpanels to a main panel at a position offset from main longitudinal edge portions of the main panel toward a center line of the main panel, the main panel including a rear bag portion forming portion to form a rear bag portion configured to restrain rear parts of a chest and an abdomen of a sitting occupant, and forward extending portion forming portions to form a forward extending portion configured to restrain a shoulder of the sitting occupant, the forward extending portion forming portions being extended from an end, in a longitudinal direction, of the rear bag portion forming portion in directions intersecting with the rear bag portion forming portion, the main panel having a symmetrical shape in a right-and left direction, the main panel including the paired right and left main longitudinal edge portions on both side edges of the rear bag portion forming portion, and paired right and left main lateral edge portions on respective lower edges of the forward extending portion forming portions, the paired right and left subpanels each having the secondary longitudinal edge portion on one side edge and a secondary lateral edge portion on an upper edge intersecting with the one side edge, the paired right and left subpanels being configured to form a front bag portion configured to restrain front parts of the chest and the abdomen of the sitting occupant; forming a tether portion having a gas feed opening, by sewing the main longitudinal edge portions of the main panel to each other; sewing the paired main lateral edge portions of the main panel and the paired secondary lateral edge portions of the paired right and left subpanels in an overlapping manner; and sewing outer peripheral portions of the main panel and outer peripheral portions of the subpanels. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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