Patent ID: 9027954
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag device installed in a side wall inside a vehicle cabin, the airbag device comprising: an airbag that is disposed in an upper portion of the side wall and has an inflatable section configured to be inflated with gas; an inflator that supplies gas to the inflatable section to inflate and deploy the airbag downward; and a connecting member that connects the airbag and a vehicle body and is pulled between the vehicle body and the airbag that is being inflated and deployed, wherein the airbag includes fabric pieces facing each other, forming the inflatable section therebetween, and an inner joining portion, which is a joining portion dividing the inflatable section and forming air chambers, at which the opposing fabric pieces are joined within the inflatable section and to which a support portion of the connecting member is attached, and has a non-inflatable section at an end on the vehicle body side, and an insertion portion being provided in the non-inflatable section of the airbag to retain the connecting member inserted therein so as to be movable, and wherein the connecting member includes the support portion that is disposed along a side wall side of the inflatable section located between the vehicle body connected by the connecting member and the inner joining portion, and supports the inflatable section from the side wall side of the airbag and pushes the inflatable section toward the inner side of the vehicle cabin when the airbag is inflated and deployed.