Patent ID: 8876155
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle curtain airbag device for a vehicle having a vehicle interior defined by an end pillar at one end of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction and an upper portion extending along a side surface of the vehicle interior, the vehicle curtain airbag device comprising: an airbag having an upper end portion attached to the upper portion and extending along the side surface of the vehicle interior, and which is inflated and deployed from the upper portion toward a lower side in a curtain form along the side surface of the vehicle interior in response to introduction of inflation and deployment gas into the airbag in order to protect an occupant in the vehicle interior, the airbag having a central chamber adjacent to an end chamber that is positioned at one end of the vehicle, a non-inflation region dividing the end chamber from the central chamber, a strap being provided between the non-inflation region and the end pillar so as to connect the non-inflation region to the end pillar, the strap being located along an outer surface of the end chamber, in a deployed state of the airbag, a first connecting portion connecting one end of the strap to the end pillar at a first height position that is higher than a second height position of a second connecting portion connecting another end of the strap to the non-inflation region, and in the deployed state of the airbag, the strap being stretched substantially linearly between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the strap having a length between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion that restricts and stops movement of the second connecting portion in a direction toward a rear end of the vehicle at a restricted position, the restricted position being located closer to the first connecting portion than an unrestricted position of the second connecting portion achieved in the deployed state absent the strap.