Patent ID: 8641087

Claim:
A passenger protection device of a vehicle, comprising: a curtain airbag arranged in a folded state on a vehicle-compartment inside along a vehicle-body side portion, the curtain airbag arranged in the folded state extending along a front pillar portion from a roof side portion; an interior material provided at the vehicle-body side portion to cover the curtain airbag in the folded state, the interior material comprising a top ceiling covering a part of the curtain airbag in the folded state which is arranged at the roof side portion and a front pillar trim covering another part of the curtain airbag in the folded state which is arranged at the front pillar portion, a rigidity of the top ceiling being set to be lower than that of the front pillar trim; an inflator to generate inflatable gas in a vehicle collision; wherein said curtain airbag is made of two sheets of cloth which are joined together by seams, an inside of which is partitioned into plural inflatable cells comprising a front cell, a middle cell, and a rear cell, the front and middle cells being positioned for protection of a head portion of a front-seat passenger, the rear cell being positioned for protection of a head portion of a rear-seat passenger, said curtain airbag includes a connection portion, which is connected to said inflator and through which the inflatable gas from the inflator is supplied thereto so as to inflate the curtain airbag downwardly in the vehicle collision, the connection portion being provided to directly connect to said middle cell of the curtain airbag such that the inflatable gas from the inflator is supplied into the middle cell first, said front cell is configured such that an upper portion thereof is closed and the front cell is connected to said middle cell only via a lower-located gas flowing passage, and said rear cell is connected to said middle cell only via an upper-located gas flowing passage extending longitudinally, said front cell is covered with said front pillar trim in the folded state of the curtain airbag, and said middle and rear cells are covered with said top ceiling in the folded state of the curtain airbag, and said front cell is an end-side cell which is positioned on a vehicle front-end side, said plural inflatable cells of the curtain airbag further comprises an adjacent cell which is provided between said end-side cell and said middle cell so as to be adjacent to but separate from the end-side cell and the middle cell, respectively, the adjacent cell being covered with a front portion of said top ceiling in the folded state of the curtain airbag, the adjacent cell being configured such that an upper portion thereof is closed independently from the end-side cell and a lower portion thereof is located below a vertically-center of the curtain airbag and open to said lower-located gas flowing passage such that the adjacent cell is connected to said middle cell only via the lower-located gas flowing passage.