Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a curtain airbag that improves the performance of preventing an ejection outside the vehicle while reducing a volume of gas required for an inflation development.SOLUTION: The curtain airbag 100 is stored on a lateral upper side of a vehicle interior and is inflated and developed along a lateral side. The curtain airbag includes: a center chamber 134 sectioned in a part of an inflation region that is inflated by the inflow of a gas; slits 136a, 136b formed along a part of periphery of the chamber; and a bridge 140 coupled on a vehicle inner side relative to the outermost part located on the outermost side of each inflation region adjacent the chamber and spanned by passing on a vehicle outer side of the chamber.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steering wheel structure having an airbag module capable of protecting a spring element so that the spring element of a dynamic damper is not damaged, enhancing the productivity by improving the assembly work efficiency, correctly fixing the position of the spring element, and adequately damping the vibration.SOLUTION: The steering wheel structure includes a spring unit 12 which is provided between an airbag module and a horn bracket to constitute a dynamic damper by transmitting the vibration of a steering wheel to the airbag module. The spring unit includes an elastic body 17 for transmitting the vibration, a synthetic resin-made protector (a shell piece 23) which is fitted to a horn plate to accommodating the elastic body therein in an elastically deformable manner, and a cutout part 20 and a regulating projecting part 28 provided between the protector and the elastic body to regulate the rotation of the elastic body inside the protector.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a curtain airbag capable of more successfully preventing occupant ejection from a vehicle, particularly in the vicinity of a rearmost seat, while reducing the output required for an inflator.SOLUTION: The curtain airbag, which is stored at an upper side on a side surface portion of the occupant compartment of the vehicle so as to be inflated and deployed along the side surface portion, includes: an inflation region 130 which receives a gas for inflation and deployment and is inflated over and forward a front-side pillar protruding to the vehicle interior side from the rearmost side window at the front side of the rearmost side window located at the side of a rearmost seat; and a wide portion 140 which is in the form of non-inflatable cloth and attached to the rear edge potion of the inflation region and at least one point of which is attached to the vehicle at the rear side of the front-side pillar. The wide portion has a shape that allows it to be strained, by the inflated and deployed inflation region, into a generally planar configuration over an assumed impact area of an occupant of the rearmost side window.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat belt controller and a seat belt system winding a seat belt in light collision at the initial stage of multiple collision. SOLUTION: The controller 3 positively rotates a motor 23 for slight collision and rotationally drives a belt reel via a one-way clutch interposed between the motor 23 and the belt reel when determining that acceleration indicated by an impact signal inputted by an impact detection unit 4 is smaller than a predetermined value. The seat belt is wound by the rotationally-driven belt reel. The controller 3 inversely rotates the motor 23 for heavy collision when acceleration indicated by an impact signal inputted after the slight collision is not smaller than the predetermined value. When the motor 23 is inversely rotated, the drive shaft of the motor 23 and the shaft of the belt reel are cut by the one-way clutch, so that the belt reel is rotatable. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air-bag cushion of a front passenger seat, in which the cushion is deployed to form a recessed groove part recessed at an area where a face of a passenger touches so that a face of a short-statured child can touch the recessed groove part to absorb impact, and in which both side parts of a nose touch the recessed groove part to protect a bone of the nose and minimize a resilient force of the cushion, so that injury of the neck is prevented. SOLUTION: The air-bag cushion 100 of a passenger seat disposed to a vehicle, includes: a first chamber 110 and a second chamber 120 each having a space filled with gas; the recessed groove parts 150 formed to be recessed between the first chamber and the second chamber, outside the air-bag cushion, a tether 300 formed between the first chamber and the second chamber by a partition wall; and sewn parts 500 formed at central parts of side faces of the air-bag cushion. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a curtain air bag mounting structure, which secures sufficient stability of a curtain air bag fitted within the interior of the vehicle while reducing the number of components required for fitting, and which reduces cost and curtailment of mounting processes, and to provide bracket, tab and curtain air bag mounting method. SOLUTION: The constitution of the curtain air bag mounting structure under this invention comprises a belt-like tab 240 fitted on the curtain air bag 200 and plate-like brackets 230 that fix tabs on the side surfaces, the tabs being erected along the side surface parts 110 of the vehicle 100. The brackets characteristically include an upper protrusion 230a that projects upward and a lower protrusion 230b that projects downward. The tab comprises a first slit 242 hooked on the upper protrusion, a second slit 244 hooked on the lower protrusion, and a third slit 246 hooked on the upper protrusion. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further improve guide performance of a curtain airbag deployment assisting member. SOLUTION: This installation structure is constituted for installing a deployment assisting member 14 on an inner panel 3 for constituting a roof side rail, for guiding a deploying airbag 13 so as to guide to a cabin, when deploying the airbag 13 stored on the anti-cabin side of a roof head lining 5 for covering the roof side rail of a vehicle. The deployment assisting member 14 includes a guide wall part 14a and a reinforcing rib 14b for guiding the airbag 13 to the cabin. When deploying at least the airbag 13, the deployment assisting member 14 is installed so that the reinforcing rib 14b abuts on the inner panel 3. Since the guide wall part can be restrained from moving when deploying the airbag by this result, the deterioration in the guide performance for guiding the deploying airbag to the cabin side, can be restrained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a curtain air bag device stabilizing deployment behavior and enabling inflation and deployment while preventing interference with a pillar garnish present on the lower side of a storage position. SOLUTION: The curtain air bag device includes: a cushion part 130 having a wound roll body 194, a turnback (first turnback 190) formed in the inner position of a cabin with respect to the roll body 194 and a hole provided in the vicinity of an upper end; a bracket part 160 having a guide piece 164 projected downwardly from the lateral face side of the cabin to the cabin and interfering with the cushion part 130 in the middle of deployment to guide the cushion part 130 to the cabin inner side; and a posture holding part 170 holding the posture of the cushion part 130. The posture holding part 170 includes: a turnback holding element 174 surrounding the upper side of the roll body 194 to hold the posture of the roll body 194 and serving as a core of turnback to hold the turnback position; an opening 172 which is a clearance on the inner side within the cabin between the turnback holding element 174 and the bracket part 160; and a hook piece 182 protruded from the outer face of the turnback holding element 174 and hooking the hole of the cushion part 130. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air bag for a driver's seat, which improves occupant's safety. SOLUTION: The air bag 100 for the driver's seat is installed inside the upper surface of an instrument panel 104 in the vehicle interior. The air bag 100 includes: a gas passage part 130 which expands and develops over the upper end of a steering wheel 108 when gas is supplied; and an occupant protection part 140 which expands and develops downward between the steering wheel 108 and the driver's seat when the gas is supplied through the gas passage part 130, and has an occupant contact surface 142 for the contact with an occupant on the external surface of the driver's seat side. The occupant protection part 140 is characterized by an unevenness forming part 166 which is installed in the inside with one end sewn on the occupant contact surface 142 and with the other end sewn on the rear surface for constituting the external surface on the steering wheel side, and forms concavo-convex shapes on the occupant contact surface 142 after its expansion and development. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inflator structure of an airbag for a vehicle, sufficient in a narrow space for an airbag arranging part offered to install an inflator, capable of attaining compactness, and capable of reducing installation manhours. SOLUTION: This airbag for the vehicle has an installation bracket 6 installed in and fixed to a mount part 4 arranged in a boss part 2 of a steering wheel 1, and a housing 7 arranged on the installation bracket by internally storing the airbag 8 and the disk-shaped inflator 9 installed in the airbag. In the inflator, an installation bolt 10 is directly joined in arrangement to be stored in the external shape contour of the inflator to an installation surface 9a facing the installation bracket via the housing, and the installation bolt is fastened to the installation bracket by penetrating through the housing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT