Far side airbag device for vehicle
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1. A far side airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:
- an inflator that is provided at a vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion of a seat back along a height direction of the seat back, and that jets gas out from a jetting portion that is provided at a gas supplying end portion at an upper end side of the inflator;
a side airbag that is provided at the vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion, has an interior that houses the inflator, receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded, and covers, from a vehicle transverse direction central side, at least a region from a chest portion to a head portion of a vehicle occupant;
a diffuser that is housed at the interior of the side airbag, and that receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded in a shape of a tube that surrounds the inflator; and
a protecting portion that covers the gas supplying end portion in a state in which the side airbag and the diffuser are inflated and expanded,wherein the protecting portion includes a protecting patch that is provided along the diffuser, is inflated and expanded together with the diffuser, and covers the gas supplying end portion.
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A far side airbag device for a vehicle has: an inflator that is provided at a central-side side portion of a seat back along a height direction of the seat back, and that jets gas out from a jetting portion; a side airbag that receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded; a diffuser that is housed at the interior of the side airbag, that receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded in a shape of a tube that surrounds the inflator; and a protecting patch that covers the gas supplying end portion in a state in which the side airbag and the diffuser are inflated and expanded.
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1. A far side airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:
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an inflator that is provided at a vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion of a seat back along a height direction of the seat back, and that jets gas out from a jetting portion that is provided at a gas supplying end portion at an upper end side of the inflator; a side airbag that is provided at the vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion, has an interior that houses the inflator, receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded, and covers, from a vehicle transverse direction central side, at least a region from a chest portion to a head portion of a vehicle occupant; a diffuser that is housed at the interior of the side airbag, and that receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded in a shape of a tube that surrounds the inflator; and a protecting portion that covers the gas supplying end portion in a state in which the side airbag and the diffuser are inflated and expanded, wherein the protecting portion includes a protecting patch that is provided along the diffuser, is inflated and expanded together with the diffuser, and covers the gas supplying end portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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7. A far side airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:
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an inflator that is provided at a vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion of a seat back along a height direction of the seat back, and that jets gas out from a jetting portion that is provided at a gas supplying end portion at an upper end side of the inflator; a side airbag that is provided at the vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion, has an interior that houses the inflator, receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded, and covers, from a vehicle transverse direction central side, at least a region from a chest portion to a head portion of a vehicle occupant; a diffuser that is housed at the interior of the side airbag, and that receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded in a shape of a tube that surrounds the inflator; and a protecting portion that covers the gas supplying end portion in a state in which the side airbag and the diffuser are inflated and expanded, wherein the protecting portion includes a back board side portion of a seat back board that circles around from a back surface side of the seat back toward a vehicle transverse direction central side of the gas supplying end portion. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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10. A far side airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:
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an inflator that is provided at a vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion of a seat back along a height direction of the seat back, and that jets gas out from a jetting portion that is provided at a gas supplying end portion at an upper end side of the inflator; a side airbag that is provided at the vehicle transverse direction central-side side portion, has an interior that houses the inflator, and receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded; a diffuser that is housed at the interior of the side airbag, and that receives a supply of gas from the inflator and is thereby inflated and expanded in a shape of a tube that surrounds the inflator; and a protecting portion that is formed at the gas supplying end portion, and at which an angled edge of the gas supplying end portion is chamfered into a curved surface, wherein the protecting portion includes a protecting patch that is provided along the diffuser, is inflated and expanded together with the diffuser, and covers the gas supplying end portion. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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