Patent ID: 6827368
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A side airbag for an automobile installed to the side of a chair back of an automobile and having an inflator which supplies gas by explosion upon receiving of a signal through an electric wire when the automobile crashes, the side airbag comprising:a first airbag module including first and second cushion pads having extensions with a plurality of insert holes on one side and combined with each other to form a second chamber for filling gas therein, and an inner cushion pad which is folded in a half to form a first chamber between the first and second cushion pads and has a plurality of first gas exhaust holes formed upward thereon and an inflator-mounting portion which is piled with the extensions; and an inflator module including a fixing member having first and second mounting holes into which both sides of the inflator are inserted, the fixing member fixing the first airbag module to the inside of the side of the chair back by inserting outwardly protruded screws thereof into the insert holes of the first and second cushion pads and into an insert hole of the inner cushion pad, wherein the first and second cushion pads and the inner cushion pad are stacked with each warp thread being arranged perpendicular to each other so as to prevent gas from flowing out of the inner side of the first and second cushion pads when the inner cushion pad is inflated.