JP2002193064A - Vehicular air bag device - Google Patents

Vehicular air bag device

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JP2002193064A
JP2002193064A JP2000398391A JP2000398391A JP2002193064A JP 2002193064 A JP2002193064 A JP 2002193064A JP 2000398391 A JP2000398391 A JP 2000398391A JP 2000398391 A JP2000398391 A JP 2000398391A JP 2002193064 A JP2002193064 A JP 2002193064A
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airbag body
airbag
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Jiro Watanabe
次郎 渡辺
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Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid interference with a shoulder anchor of a center pillar upper side part in a downward inflating developing process of an air bag body. SOLUTION: When this air bag device 10 operates and the air bag body inflates, the air bag body 12 develops downward by springing up a lower end part of a cover 11 by the inflating pressure, and a reversing part R for twistingly reversing a folding-up part 12A of the air bag body 12 toward the the cabin inside unfolds in a part arranged above a center pillar 2 so as to project toward the cabin inside in the direction for separating from a side surface of the center pillar 2 in the initial stage of this unfolding, and can avoid interfering with the shoulder anchor 20 protrusively arranged in an upper side part of the center pillar 2.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は車両用エアバッグ装
置、とりわけ、車両の衝突時にルーフサイドレールの車
室側の側部よりエアバッグ本体を下向きにカーテン状に
膨張展開させるようにしたエアバッグ装置に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an airbag device for a vehicle, and more particularly, to an airbag in which the airbag body is inflated and deployed downward from the side of the roof side rail on the passenger compartment side in the event of a vehicle collision. Related to the device.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】自動車の中には、例えば特開2000−
159048号公報に示されているようにルーフサイド
レールの車室側の側部に前後方向に沿ってエアバッグ装
置を装備し、車両の側面衝突時にエアバッグ本体を下向
きに膨張展開させて、乗員の頭部等が車室側壁と直接接
触するのを回避し、かつ、衝撃エネルギーを吸収するよ
うにしたものが知られている。
2. Description of the Related Art Some automobiles include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-2000.
As shown in JP-A-159048, an airbag device is provided on the side of the roof side rail on the vehicle interior side along the front-rear direction, and the airbag body is inflated and deployed downward at the time of a side collision of the vehicle, thereby occupants. It is known that the head or the like of the vehicle is prevented from directly contacting the side wall of the vehicle compartment and the impact energy is absorbed.

【0003】前述のエアバッグ本体はルーフサイドレー
ルインナの車室側の側面に前後方向に沿って配設した金
属製のカバーの内側に、車室側面に略沿って下向きに膨
張展開し得るように折り畳んで収納してある一方、カバ
ーはその上端部に前後方向に複数個の取付片を備えて該
取付片を介して前記ルーフサイドレールインナに締結固
定してあって、車両の衝突時にはインフレータで発生し
たガスにより前記エアバッグ本体を膨張させ、その膨張
圧で前記取付片を付け根付近から折り曲げてカバーの下
端部を跳ね上げることによって、前述のようにエアバッ
グ本体を下向きに膨張展開させるようにしてある。
The above-described airbag body can be inflated and deployed in a downward direction substantially along the side of the vehicle compartment inside a metal cover disposed along the front-rear direction on the side surface of the inner side of the roof side rail inner compartment. The cover has a plurality of mounting pieces in the front-rear direction at the upper end thereof, and is fastened and fixed to the roof side rail inner via the mounting pieces. By inflating the airbag body with the gas generated in the above, by bending the mounting piece from near the base by the inflation pressure and flipping up the lower end of the cover, the airbag body is inflated and deployed downward as described above. It is.

【0004】[0004]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】ルーフサイドレールに
結合したセンターピラーの上側部にはシートベルトのシ
ョルダーアンカが配設され、このショルダーアンカが前
述のように車室側面に略沿って下向きに膨張展開するエ
アバッグ本体の展開軌跡上に突出しているため、エアバ
ッグ本体がショルダーアンカに干渉するおそれがある。
A shoulder anchor for a seat belt is provided above the center pillar connected to the roof side rail, and the shoulder anchor expands downward substantially along the side of the vehicle compartment as described above. Since the airbag body protrudes on the deployment trajectory of the airbag body to be deployed, the airbag body may interfere with the shoulder anchor.

【0005】そこで、本発明はエアバッグ本体の下向き
の膨張展開過程で、該エアバッグ本体がセンターピラー
の上側部に突出配置したショルダーアンカに干渉するの
を回避できて、エアバッグ本体を適正に膨張展開させる
ことができる車両用エアバッグ装置を提供するものであ
る。
Accordingly, the present invention can prevent the airbag body from interfering with the shoulder anchor projecting above the center pillar in the downward inflation and deployment process of the airbag body, thereby properly fixing the airbag body. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle airbag device that can be inflated and deployed.

【0006】[0006]

【課題を解決するための手段】請求項1の発明にあって
は、ルーフサイドレールインナの車室側の側面に前後方
向に沿って配設したカバーと、該カバーの内側に折り畳
んで収納されたエアバッグ本体と、を備え、車両の衝突
時に該エアバッグ本体を膨張させて、その膨張圧により
前記カバーの下端部を跳ね上げて該エアバッグ本体を下
向きに展開させるようにした車両用エアバッグ装置にお
いて、前記エアバッグ本体のセンターピラー上方に配置
される部分を、エアバッグ本体の展開初期に他の部分の
展開形態に対してセンターピラー側面から離れる方向へ
突出するように膨張展開可能に、該他の部分と折り畳み
収納形態を変えたことを特徴としている。
According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cover disposed along the front-rear direction on the side surface of the inner side of the roof side rail on the side of the passenger compartment, and is folded and stored inside the cover. An airbag body, wherein the airbag body is inflated at the time of a collision of the vehicle, and the lower end of the cover is flipped up by the inflation pressure to deploy the airbag body downward. In the bag device, a portion arranged above the center pillar of the airbag body can be inflated and deployable so as to protrude in a direction away from the side surface of the center pillar with respect to a deployment mode of another portion at an initial stage of deployment of the airbag body. The folding storage mode is different from that of the other sections.

【0007】請求項2の発明にあっては、請求項1に記
載の車両用エアバッグ装置であって、エアバッグ本体は
上端を固定部として折り畳まれ、センターピラー上方に
配置される部分を他の部分に対して車室内側に向けてね
じり反転させて、折り畳み部を上向きにして反転して収
納配置したことを特徴としている。
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the airbag device for a vehicle according to the first aspect, wherein the airbag body is folded with its upper end fixed, and a portion arranged above the center pillar is another. Is twisted and turned inward toward the interior of the vehicle, and the folded portion is turned upside down and turned and housed.

【0008】請求項3の発明にあっては、請求項2に記
載のエアバッグ本体の折り畳み部を上向きにした反転部
のねじり反転基部を、エアバッグ本体の膨張圧で剥離可
能な止着手段で仮り止めしたことを特徴としている。
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fastening means capable of peeling off the torsion-reversing base of the reversing part in which the folded part of the airbag body is turned upward by the inflation pressure of the airbag body. The feature is that it is temporarily stopped.

【0009】[0009]

【発明の効果】請求項1に記載の発明によれば、車両の
衝突時にエアバッグ装置が作動してエアバッグ本体が膨
張すると、その膨張圧でカバーの下端部を跳ね上げてエ
アバッグ本体が下向きに展開するが、センターピラー上
方に配置された部分は該エアバッグ本体の展開初期に、
他の部分の展開形態に対してセンターピラー側面から離
れる方向へ突出するように展開する。
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the airbag device operates and the airbag body is inflated at the time of a collision of the vehicle, the lower end of the cover is flipped up by the inflation pressure, and the airbag body is moved. It deploys downward, but the part arranged above the center pillar is in the early stage of deployment of the airbag body,
It is deployed so as to protrude in a direction away from the side surface of the center pillar with respect to the deployed form of the other parts.

【0010】この結果、センターピラーの上側部にシー
トベルトのショルダーアンカが突出配置されていても、
エアバッグ本体がこのショルダーアンカに干渉して引掛
かることがなく、車室側面に沿って適正に膨張展開させ
ることができる。
As a result, even if the shoulder anchor of the seat belt is arranged to protrude above the center pillar,
The airbag body does not interfere with the shoulder anchor and is not caught, so that the airbag body can be properly inflated and deployed along the side surface of the cabin.

【0011】請求項2に記載の発明によれば、請求項1
の発明の効果に加えて、エアバッグ本体のセンターピラ
ー上方に配置される部分を他の部分に対して車室内側に
向けてねじり反転させるだけで、エアバッグ本体の折り
畳み形態を部分的に特別に変える訳ではないので、エア
バッグ本体の折り畳み作業が煩雑になることがなく、作
業工数の増大を伴うことなくコスト的に有利に得ること
ができる。
According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1,
In addition to the effects of the invention of the above, the folded form of the airbag body is partially special only by twisting and inverting the part arranged above the center pillar of the airbag body with respect to the other parts toward the vehicle interior side. Therefore, the folding operation of the airbag body does not become complicated, and the airbag body can be advantageously obtained in cost without increasing the number of working steps.

【0012】請求項3に記載の発明によれば、請求項2
の発明の効果に加えて、エアバッグ本体の折り畳み部を
上向きにした反転部分のねじり反転基部を、エアバッグ
本体の膨張圧で剥離可能な止着手段で仮り止めしてある
ため、エアバッグ本体の組付け過程で反転部がねじれ戻
ってばらけることがなく、該エアバッグ本体の荷姿を保
形できてその組付作業を容易に行うことができる。
According to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 2,
In addition to the effects of the invention, the torsion reversal base of the reversal portion with the folded portion of the airbag body facing upward is temporarily fixed by fastening means that can be peeled off by the inflation pressure of the airbag body, so that the airbag body In the process of assembling, the reversing portion is not twisted back and separated, the shape of the airbag body can be maintained, and the assembling operation can be easily performed.

【0013】また、止着手段はエアバッグ本体の膨張圧
で剥離するため、該エアバッグ本体の膨張初期で剥離し
てエアバッグ本体の膨張展開作用に些かも支障を来すこ
とがない。
[0013] Further, since the fastening means is peeled off by the inflation pressure of the airbag body, the fastening means does not peel off at the initial stage of inflation of the airbag body and does not hinder the inflation and deployment action of the airbag body.

【0014】[0014]

【発明の実施の形態】以下、本発明の実施形態を図面と
共に詳述する。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

【0015】図1〜4において、1はフロントピラー、
2はセンターピラー、3はリヤピラーを示し、これらフ
ロントピラー1の上部からセンターピラー2、リヤピラ
ー3の上部に亘って前後方向にルーフサイドレール4を
連設配置してある。
1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a front pillar,
Reference numeral 2 denotes a center pillar, and reference numeral 3 denotes a rear pillar. A roof side rail 4 is continuously provided in the front-rear direction from the upper portion of the front pillar 1 to the upper portions of the center pillar 2 and the rear pillar 3.

【0016】ルーフサイドレール4はルーフサイドレー
ルアウタ5とルーフサイドレールインナ6とで閉断面に
構成され、その上端部にルーフパネル7の端部を接合し
て該接合部分にルーフドリップ8を構成している。
The roof side rail 4 has a closed cross section composed of a roof side rail outer 5 and a roof side rail inner 6, and an end of a roof panel 7 is joined to an upper end thereof to form a roof drip 8 at the joint. are doing.

【0017】そして、前記ルーフサイドレールインナ6
の車室側の側面にエアバッグ装置10を配設してある。
The roof side rail inner 6
The airbag device 10 is disposed on the side of the vehicle compartment.

【0018】このエアバッグ装置10は、ルーフサイド
レールインナ6の車室側の側面に前後方向に沿って配置
した金属製のカバー11と、該カバー11の内側にその
前後長に亘って折り畳んで収納したエアバッグ本体12
と、例えばリヤピラー13にブラケット14を介して取
付けられ、図外の衝突センサの検知作用によって発火作
動してガスを発生し、該発生ガスにより前記エアバッグ
本体12を膨張展開させるインフレータ13とを備えて
いる。
The airbag device 10 has a metal cover 11 disposed along the front-rear direction on the side surface of the roof side rail inner 6 on the vehicle interior side, and is folded inside the cover 11 over its front-rear length. Airbag body 12 stored
And an inflator 13 attached to, for example, a rear pillar 13 via a bracket 14 and ignited by a detection action of a collision sensor (not shown) to generate gas and inflate and deploy the airbag body 12 with the generated gas. ing.

【0019】また、このエアバッグ装置10は図2,3
に示すようにルーフトリム31およびガーニッシュ32
によって隠蔽されている。図2中、33はフールサイド
レール4の下端部に装着したドアウエザーストリップを
示している。
The airbag device 10 is shown in FIGS.
The roof trim 31 and the garnish 32 as shown in FIG.
Concealed by In FIG. 2, reference numeral 33 denotes a door weather strip mounted on the lower end of the full side rail 4.

【0020】前記カバー11は略コ字形断面に形成して
あり、その上端部には上向きに複数個の取付片15を曲
折成形してあって、該取付片15を介して例えばボルト
・ナット等の締結部材16によってルーフサイドレール
インナ6に締結固定してある。
The cover 11 is formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a plurality of mounting pieces 15 are bent upward at the upper end thereof, for example, bolts and nuts through the mounting pieces 15. The fastening member 16 is fastened and fixed to the roof side rail inner 6.

【0021】このカバー11はエアバッグ装置10が作
動しない程度の軽衝突等の際には、乗員頭部が該カバー
11に隣接すると潰れ変形して衝撃エネルギーを吸収す
るエネルギー吸収パッドとして機能し、かつ、エアバッ
グ本体12が膨張するとその膨張圧で前記取付片15の
付け根付近を起点として折れ曲がって下端部が跳ね上が
り可能なように、強度剛性が適切に設定される。
The cover 11 functions as an energy absorbing pad that absorbs impact energy by crushing and deforming when the occupant's head is adjacent to the cover 11 in the event of a light collision or the like in which the airbag device 10 does not operate. When the airbag body 12 is inflated, the strength and rigidity thereof are appropriately set so that the airbag body 12 is bent by the inflation pressure from the vicinity of the base of the mounting piece 15 and the lower end portion can jump up.

【0022】エアバッグ本体12はその上縁部に前記取
付片15と対応する位置に取付片17を備え、該取付片
17を介して前記取付片15と共に締結部材16により
ルーフサイドレールインナ6に締結固定して、この上端
部を固定部として折り畳んでカバー11の内側に収納し
てあり、インフレータ13で発生したガスにより膨張す
るとその膨張圧でカバー11の下端部を跳ね上げて、図
2に鎖線で示すように下向きにカーテン状に展開するよ
うになっている。
The airbag body 12 is provided with a mounting piece 17 at a position corresponding to the mounting piece 15 on the upper edge thereof, and is attached to the roof side rail inner 6 by the fastening member 16 together with the mounting piece 15 via the mounting piece 17. After fastening and fixing, the upper end portion is folded as a fixed portion and stored inside the cover 11, and when inflated by the gas generated by the inflator 13, the lower end portion of the cover 11 is flipped up by the inflation pressure. As shown by the dashed line, it expands in a curtain shape downward.

【0023】ルーフサイドレールインナ6にはこのエア
バッグ本体12の展開を円滑に行わせるため略L字形に
形成した複数個の展開ガイド18を固設してある。
A plurality of substantially L-shaped deployment guides 18 are fixedly mounted on the roof side rail inner 6 to smoothly deploy the airbag body 12.

【0024】このエアバッグ本体12は前述のように下
向きに膨張展開させるために図2に示すようにその上端
部を固定部として折り畳んであるが、センターピラー2
の上方に配置される部分は図3,4に示すように他の部
分に対して車室内側に向けてねじり反転させ、折り畳み
部12Aを反転して収納配置することにより、エアバッ
グ本体12の展開初期に他の部分の下向きの展開形態に
対して該反転部Rがセンターピラー2の側面から離れる
方向へ突出するように膨張展開可能としてある。
As shown in FIG. 2, the airbag main body 12 is folded with its upper end fixed as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the portion arranged above is twisted and reversed toward the interior of the vehicle with respect to the other portions, and the folded portion 12A is reversed and stored, whereby the airbag body 12 is In the initial stage of deployment, the reversing portion R can be inflated and deployed so that the reversing portion R protrudes in a direction away from the side surface of the center pillar 2 with respect to a downwardly deployed configuration of another portion.

【0025】また、この反転部Rのねじり反転基部は、
粘着テープやマジックファスナー(登録商標)等、エア
バッグ本体12の膨張圧で剥離可能な止着手段19で仮
り止めしてある。
The torsion reversal base of the reversal part R is
The airbag body 12 is temporarily fixed by a fastening means 19, such as an adhesive tape or Magic Fastener (registered trademark), which can be peeled off by the inflation pressure of the airbag body 12.

【0026】このような実施形態の構造によれば、車両
の衝突時にエアバッグ装置10が作動してエアバッグ本
体12が膨張すると、その膨張圧でカバー11の下端部
を跳ね上げてエアバッグ本体12が全体的には下向きに
展開するが、センターピラー2の上方に配置された部分
では前述のようにエアバッグ本体12を他の部分に対し
て車室内側に向けてねじり反転させて、折り畳み部12
Aを反転して収納配置した反転部Rとしてあるため、前
述のようにカバー11の下端部を跳ね上げた展開初期に
この反転部Rが図3の鎖線で示すようにセンターピラー
2の側面から離れる方向へ車室内側に突出するように膨
張展開する。
According to the structure of such an embodiment, when the airbag device 10 is operated and the airbag body 12 is inflated at the time of a collision of the vehicle, the lower end of the cover 11 is flipped up by the inflation pressure, and the airbag body is inflated. Although the airbag body 12 is unfolded as a whole, the airbag body 12 is twisted and turned inward toward the interior of the vehicle with respect to the other parts in the portion arranged above the center pillar 2 as described above, so that the airbag body 12 is folded. Part 12
A is inverted and stored as an inverted portion R. As described above, the inverted portion R is raised from the side of the center pillar 2 as shown by a chain line in FIG. It expands and deploys so as to protrude in the direction away from the cabin.

【0027】この結果、センターピラー2の上側部にブ
ラケット22を介して配設されてシートベルト21の中
間部を支持するショルダーアンカ20が車室内側に突出
配置されていても、エアバッグ本体12がこのショルダ
ーアンカ20に干渉して引掛かることがなく、エアバッ
グ本体12の全体を車室側面に沿ったカーテン状に適正
に膨張展開させることができる。
As a result, even if the shoulder anchor 20 which is disposed above the center pillar 2 via the bracket 22 and supports the intermediate portion of the seat belt 21 is arranged so as to protrude toward the interior of the vehicle, the airbag main body 12 is provided. The airbag body 12 can be properly inflated and deployed in a curtain shape along the side surface of the vehicle compartment without interfering with the shoulder anchor 20 and being caught.

【0028】また、前述のようにエアバッグ本体12の
センターピラー2の上方に配置される部分を他の部分に
対して車室内側に向けてねじり反転させるだけで、エア
バッグ本体の折り畳み形態を部分的に特別に変える訳で
はないので、エアバッグ本体12の折り畳み作業が煩雑
になることがなく、作業工数の増大を伴うことなくコス
ト的に有利に得ることができる。
Further, as described above, the folded portion of the airbag main body can be obtained by simply twisting and reversing the portion of the airbag main body 12 located above the center pillar 2 toward the interior of the vehicle with respect to the other portions. Since the airbag body 12 is not specially changed in part, the folding work of the airbag body 12 does not become complicated, and the airbag body 12 can be advantageously obtained in cost without increasing the number of working steps.

【0029】更に、エアバッグ本体12の折り畳み部1
2Aを上向きにした反転部Rのねじり反転基部を、エア
バッグ本体12の膨張圧で剥離可能な止着手段19で仮
り止めしてあるため、エアバッグ本体12の組付け過程
で反転部Rがねじれ戻ってばらけることがなく、該エア
バッグ本体12の荷姿を保形できてその組付作業を容易
に行うことができる。
Further, the folded portion 1 of the airbag body 12
Since the torsional reversal base of the reversing portion R with the 2A facing upward is temporarily fixed by the fastening means 19 that can be peeled off by the inflation pressure of the airbag body 12, the reversing portion R is attached during the assembly process of the airbag body 12. The airbag body 12 can be kept in a packed shape without being twisted back and separated, and the assembling work can be easily performed.

【0030】しかも、止着手段19は前述のようにエア
バッグ本体12の膨張圧で剥離するため、該エアバッグ
本体12の膨張初期で剥離してエアバッグ本体12の膨
張展開作用に些かも支障を来すことはない。
Further, since the fastening means 19 is peeled off by the inflation pressure of the airbag body 12 as described above, it is peeled off at the initial stage of the inflation of the airbag body 12 and the hindrance of the inflation and deployment of the airbag body 12 is slightly affected. Never come.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】本発明の一実施形態の配設状態を車室側から見
た説明図。
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an arrangement state of an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from a vehicle compartment side.

【図2】図1のA−A線に沿う断面図。FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1;

【図3】図1のB−B線に沿う断面図。FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1;

【図4】エアバッグ本体の折り畳み状態を示す斜視図。FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the airbag body.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

2 センターピラー 4 ルーフサイドレール 6 ルーフサイドレールインナ 10 エアバッグ装置 11 カバー 12 エアバッグ本体 12A 折り畳み部 R 反転部 19 止着手段 2 Center pillar 4 Roof side rail 6 Roof side rail inner 10 Airbag device 11 Cover 12 Airbag body 12A Folding portion R Inverting portion 19 Fastening means

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 ルーフサイドレールインナの車室側の側
面に前後方向に沿って配設したカバーと、 該カバーの内側に折り畳んで収納されたエアバッグ本体
と、を備え、 車両の衝突時に該エアバッグ本体を膨張させて、その膨
張圧により前記カバーの下端部を跳ね上げて該エアバッ
グ本体を下向きに展開させるようにした車両用エアバッ
グ装置において、 前記エアバッグ本体のセンターピラー上方に配置される
部分を、エアバッグ本体の展開初期に他の部分の展開形
態に対してセンターピラー側面から離れる方向へ突出す
るように膨張展開可能に、該他の部分と折り畳み収納形
態を変えたことを特徴とする車両用エアバッグ装置。
1. A cover provided along a front-rear direction on a side surface of a roof side rail inner side on a vehicle interior side, and an airbag body folded and stored inside the cover, wherein the cover is provided when a vehicle collides. An airbag device for a vehicle in which an airbag body is inflated, and a lower end portion of the cover is flipped up by the inflation pressure to deploy the airbag body downward, wherein the airbag body is disposed above a center pillar of the airbag body. That the portion to be inflated and expandable so as to protrude in a direction away from the side surface of the center pillar with respect to the unfolded form of the other part in the initial stage of deployment of the airbag body, so that the folded part and the other part are changed in the folded storage form A vehicle airbag device characterized by the following.
【請求項2】 エアバッグ本体は上端を固定部として折
り畳まれ、センターピラー上方に配置される部分を他の
部分に対して車室内側に向けてねじり反転させて、折り
畳み部を上向きにして反転して収納配置したことを特徴
とする請求項1に記載の車両用エアバッグ装置。
2. The airbag body is folded with its upper end fixed, and the portion arranged above the center pillar is twisted and inverted with respect to other portions toward the interior of the vehicle, and the folded portion is turned upward. The vehicle airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the airbag device is accommodated and arranged.
【請求項3】 エアバッグ本体の折り畳み部を上向きに
した反転部のねじり反転基部を、エアバッグ本体の膨張
圧で剥離可能な止着手段で仮り止めしたことを特徴とす
る請求項2に記載の車両用エアバッグ装置。
3. The airbag body according to claim 2, wherein the torsion-reversing base of the reversing part with the folded part facing upward is temporarily fixed by fastening means that can be peeled off by the inflation pressure of the airbag body. Vehicle airbag device.
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