Patent ID: 7909359
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A side airbag apparatus absorbing a shock from a side portion of a vehicle so as to protect a passenger, comprising: an inflator for blowing out gas; an airbag stored in a vehicle seat, wherein the airbag inflates and deploys by the gas from the inflator, breaks the vehicle seat so as to extend out of the vehicle seat, and is inflated and deployed between a body side portion of the vehicle and the vehicle seat; inflator control means for predicting a side collision of the vehicle and for starting an actuation of the inflator in advance of the side collision in response to the prediction; and a deployment control assembly for lowering a deploying speed of the airbag at least outside the vehicle seat in comparison with a deploying speed at a time of starting the actuation of the inflator after the side collision, wherein the airbag is stored in the vehicle seat in a folded storage mode, wherein the deployment control assembly is provided with: wherein the retention by the retention portion is canceled in accordance with the inflation and deployment of the airbag.