Patent ID: 9592789
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A side airbag deployment direction control structure comprising: an airbag module that is installed inside a vehicle width direction outer side side portion of a seatback at a vehicle width direction outer side of a door-side side frame portion of a seatback frame, that is configured to include a side airbag and an inflator, and that inflates and deploys the side airbag toward a vehicle front side with gas from the inflator when a vehicle side-on collision has been detected or predicted; a rupture portion that, as viewed along a seatback height direction, is provided at a seat cover closer to a seat width direction inner side than a center of the inflator and closer to the seat width direction inner side than a stitched portion between a front side cover and a side cover of a seat cover of the seatback, and that forms an opening to inflate and deploy the side airbag to outside the seatback by rupturing under inflation pressure from the side airbag; and a reaction force plate installed inside the side portion and fixed at the door-side side frame portion, the reaction force plate being positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side of the airbag module and including a side reaction force face of which a front end portion is disposed closer to the vehicle width direction outer side than the rupture portion, and the front end portion extending closer to the vehicle front side than the airbag module, the door-side side frame portion and the rupture portion.