Patent 7946621 was granted and assigned to Honda on May, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An airbag device for a vehicle including an inflator that generates high-pressure gas upon receiving an impact; and an airbag that deploys between an occupant and a vehicle body side portion from a folded state upon receiving the high-pressure gas from the inflator, wherein the airbag has a deployment restriction member that restricts the height of the airbag in the vehicle body vertical direction during deployment.