Patent ID: 9283917
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A curtain airbag device mounted on and extending upward along at least part of an A-pillar from a front end of a vehicle cabin to an upper portion of a window frame of a side window of a vehicle, the device comprising: an airbag having a curtain form in a deployed state near the side window of a vehicle interior in order to protect an occupant; and a gas generator that supplies inflation gas to the airbag, the airbag being formed in a rod shape by being provided in a roll form when the airbag is accommodated in a non-deployed state, and part of the airbag mounted on the A-pillar and extending upwardly along the A-pillar, the A-pillar having a normal-width installation area and a narrow installation area, the normal-width installation area and the narrow installation area being longitudinally adjacent to each other along the A-pillar, and in the non-deployed state the part of the airbag extending upwardly along the A-pillar having a large-diameter portion in the normal-width installation area and having a small-diameter portion in the narrow installation area, the small-diameter portion of the airbag being partially compressed relative to the large-diameter portion toward a center of the roll form of the airbag to form the small-diameter portion by partially decreasing a diameter of a localized portion of the part of the airbag extending upward along the A-pillar, with tape bordering the small-diameter portion, the tape placed in a location where the small-diameter portion transitions into the large-diameter portion.