Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-26
2011-04-26
Ilan, Ruth (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S728200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07931294
ABSTRACT:
A side airbag apparatus23includes an airbag27and a guide member30, which guides inflation and deployment of the airbag27. The airbag27is fixed to a right side wall24aof a seat frame24. A part of the airbag27protrudes further forward than a front end24A of the right side wall24a. The airbag27is supplied with gas from an inflator26, so as to be inflated and deployed in a space between a body side portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated in a front seat21. The guide member30guides the airbag27forward when it is inflated and deployed. The guide member30includes a guide portion30cand a first bending portion30a, which extends from the guide portion30c. The guide portion30cis arranged to face a surface of the airbag27facing the interior of the vehicle at least in an area forward of the right side wall24a. The first bending portion30ais flexed rightward when receiving load from the left. Also, the first bending portion30arestricts the guide portion30cfrom being flexed leftward when receiving the force of inflation and deployment of the airbag27.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2006/0113769 (2006-06-01), Tracht
patent: 2009/0243266 (2009-10-01), Smith
patent: A-2006-137398 (2006-06-01), None
Kanto Takanori
Okada Izuru
Ilan Ruth
Posz Law Group , PLC
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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