In a vehicle to which a side airbag apparatus is applied, a rear frame
portion of a seat frame is arranged near a rear end of an intermediate
portion in a seat back, and an intermediate pad portion of a seat pad is
arranged near a front end of the intermediate portion. An airbag is
provided with a main airbag and an auxiliary airbag. The main airbag is
inflated between a body side portion of the vehicle and an occupant by
shooting out forward from an outer side portion of the seat back by a gas
jetted out of an inflator. The auxiliary airbag presses a position near
the outer side portion of the intermediate pad portion forward by being
inflated between the rear frame portion and the intermediate pad portion
by the gas jetted out of the inflator.