Patent ID: 9238446
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A side airbag device mounted on a side section of a seat for a vehicle to protect a passenger in a lateral space between the passenger sitting on the seat and a sidewall of the vehicle, comprising: an airbag configured by a front base cloth and a back base cloth which are overlapped and joined with Outer edges thereof, and having an attaching portion attached to the side section of the seat, and being folded up so as to be able to deploy from the side section of the seat toward the lateral space; and an inflator which generates gas for inflating and deploying the airbag from the attaching portion to a leading end portion thereof in a deployment direction, wherein the overlapped front base cloth and back base cloth of the airbag together form a bellows-like folded section in which a part between the leading end portion and the attaching portion is folded in a bellows-like shape; and wherein the bellows-like folded section is disposed adjacent to the attaching portion and in a deployment direction side, and the bellows-like folded section is folded double toward a back of the deployment direction so that a portion of the airbag close to the attaching portion is positioned therein.