Patent ID: 7762575
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A side airbag for a vehicle, comprising: a driver seat side airbag portion having a plurality of chambers defined by a plurality of chamber walls; and a rear seat side airbag portion having a plurality of chambers defined by a plurality of chamber walls, the chamber walls of the rear seat side airbag portion being curved in a first direction toward the driver seat side airbag portion and the chamber walls of the driver seat side airbag portion being curved in a second direction toward the rear seat side airbag portion, the first direction being opposite to the second direction, wherein a gas is injected from the rear seat side airbag portion toward the driver seat side airbag portion by an inflator disposed at an upper end of the rear seat side airbag portion, and wherein the plurality of chamber walls in the driver seat side airbag portion and the rear seat side airbag portion are arranged such that a height of each chamber wall in the plurality of chamber walls of the driver seat side airbag portion and the rear seat side airbag portion increases with increasing distance away from the inflator, and the height of an additional chamber wall in the driver seat side airbag portion farthest away from the inflator does not further increase as do the other respective plurality of chamber walls in the driver seat side airbag portion and the rear seat side airbag portion.