FAR-SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS
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1. A far-side airbag apparatus configured to be fixed to a seat frame of a backrest of a vehicle seat, the apparatus comprising:
- an airbag;
an inflation fluid generator, which discharges inflation fluid for deploying and inflating the airbag; and
a deployment promoting structure, wherein, when the inflation fluid generator discharges inflation fluid, the deployment promoting structure deploys and inflates the airbag toward a center of a passenger compartment and promotes forward deployment and inflation of the airbag more than upward deployment and inflation of the airbag.
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Abstract
A far-side airbag apparatus includes an airbag and an inflator that discharges inflation gas for deploying and inflating the airbag. The airbag is fixed to the seat frame of the backrest of a vehicle seat and is deployed and inflated on the side corresponding to the center of the passenger compartment. The far-side airbag apparatus is configured such that, when the inflator discharges inflation gas, the forward deployment and inflation of the airbag is promoted more than the upward deployment and inflation of the airbag.
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1. A far-side airbag apparatus configured to be fixed to a seat frame of a backrest of a vehicle seat, the apparatus comprising:
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an airbag; an inflation fluid generator, which discharges inflation fluid for deploying and inflating the airbag; and a deployment promoting structure, wherein, when the inflation fluid generator discharges inflation fluid, the deployment promoting structure deploys and inflates the airbag toward a center of a passenger compartment and promotes forward deployment and inflation of the airbag more than upward deployment and inflation of the airbag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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