摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an airbag utilizing a dead space at an upper end part of a center console and enhancing occupant restraint performance at inflation of the airbag. <P>SOLUTION: The airbag device 10 restricts that an occupant sitting on a seat is moved in a collision direction at a side collision of a vehicle 20 having two seats 22L, 22R arranged in a vehicle width direction through the center console 21 of an approximately L shape. The airbag 11 is stored, in the inflatably folded state, at the inside of an airbag storage part 12 provided at a portion near an upper end of the center console at a position corresponding to the height of an approximately shoulder part or higher in seat backs 25L, 25R and at a position where distances from the position to a cabin ceiling 26 and to an arm rest part 21H of the center console are approximately equal to each other. At the inflation, an area abutted on the cabin ceiling is large and an area abutted on the arm rest part is narrow. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |