Patent ID: 8356835
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A side air bag apparatus comprising: an inflator that injects gas during a side collision; and a side air bag that has an upper bag portion formed by sewing upper base cloths together; a lower bag portion that is formed by sewing a lower base cloth to itself and positioned below the upper bag portion; a partition that separates the upper bag portion from the lower bag portion; and a tube that i) is formed by a tube base cloth and extends through the partition to the lower bag portion side and the upper bag portion side, ii) has a first open portion provided on one end that is positioned on the lower bag portion side, and a second open portion provided on the other end that is positioned on the upper bag portion side, and iii) distributes the gas from the inflator to the upper bag portion and the lower bag portion, wherein: a protruding portion that is exposed from outer peripheries of the upper base cloths and the lower base cloth is provided on a portion of the tube base cloth; an insertion hole for the inflator is formed in the protruding portion; the upper base cloths are not sewn together in areas where the outer peripheries of the upper base cloths overlap with the tube base cloth, and the lower base cloth is not sewn to itself in an area where an outer periphery of the lower base cloth overlaps with the tube base cloth; the tube base cloth is sewn together with at least one of the upper base cloths and the lower base cloth; and a peripheral edge portion of the insertion hole in the protruding portion is fixed to the inflator by a clamp.