Patent · US Expired

Side impact air bag apparatus and door arm rest

US5868420A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
9References
17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1996
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R21/23138
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a side impact air bag apparatus which is incorporated into a vehicle seat and is mounted to an outer side of a side portion of a seat back frame of the vehicle seat, comprising: an air bag body which is provided in the air bag apparatus and which is rectangular when viewed in the transverse direction of the vehicle in an unfolded state, an unfolding direction distal end lower portion of the air bag body, which is provided at a distal end of the air bag body in the unfolding direction of the air bag body and at a lower side portion of the distal end portion, being folded in a diagonally upward direction of the vehicle, and thereafter, the air bag body being folded from the distal end side of the air bag body in the unfolding direction of the air bag body to a proximal end side of the air bag body in the unfolding direction of the air bag body.

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