Patent ID: 11865988
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An airbag device that is stowed in a vehicle seat, comprising:
an airbag cushion that restrains an occupant by expanding and deploying;
an inflator disposed on the inner side of the vehicle seat frame that supplies expansion gas to the airbag cushion; and
a cover member formed of a ductile material that melts and shrinks under heat and pressure to retain the airbag cushion, wherein
the airbag cushion includes a rear chamber section for stowing the inflator and a front chamber section extending forward from the rear chamber section arranged on the outer side of the seat frame when stowed, and
the cover member is configured to compress and retain the relevant section of the airbag cushion by heating and pressurizing at least a region corresponding to the front chamber section of the airbag cushion.