Patent ID: 8141897

Claim:
A guide plate for a side air bag, comprising: a fastening member fastened with an outer surface thereof in contact with an inner surface of a vehicle body, the fastening member having an inner surface opposite the outer surface, the fastening member having at opposing ends of the inner and the outer surfaces an upper end and a lower end defined relative to the vehicle body, the fastening member being fastened to the vehicle body in the upper end of the fastening member; a support member formed at a terminal part of the lower end of the fastening member and extending toward a passenger space of the vehicle body; a retaining member extending from the inner surface of the fastening member in the upper end of the fastening member toward the passenger space of the vehicle body; wherein an airbag housing, with a folded airbag tube received therein, is located between the retaining member and the support member and along a length of the inner surface of the fastening member.