Curtain airbag and curtain airbag device

• US 10,017,146 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.K.
• Original Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.K.
• Inventors: Sugimori, Sakae
• Primary Examiner(s): BECK, KAREN JANE
• Application Number:
  US15/029,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20160221527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,435 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0006 Lateral collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0032 Position of passenger
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23161 specially adapted for protecting at least two passengers, e.g. preventing them from hitting each other
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23386 External tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/23138 specially adapted for side protection B60R21/23184, B60R21/232 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/233 comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other B60R21/232 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/26 characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10

Abstract

A curtain airbag and a curtain airbag device that reduce the energy transferred to an occupant even though an internal inflation pressure in a curtain airbag body is low are provided. A tie panel 3 is disposed on a curtain airbag body 2 on a side opposite a vehicle interior. An upper portion and a lower portion of the tie panel 3 are connected to the curtain airbag body 2 by sewing. In an area overlapped with the tie panel 3, the panels 5 and 6 of the curtain airbag body 2 are connected to each other by sewing with linearly connected portions 32 to 35, which extend radially in four directions, so as to form four inflation chambers 8 to 11. The curtain airbag body 2 and the tie panel 3 define a space S therebetween when the curtain airbag body 2 is inflated. The space S is in a pyramidal shape in which a portion around an intersection M of the connected portions 32 to 35 protrudes the most.

Claims

1. A curtain airbag configured to deploy downward along a side surface of a vehicle interior, comprising:

a curtain airbag body configured to be inflated with gas from an inflator; and

a tie panel disposed on a side surface of an intermediate portion of the curtain airbag body in a front-rear direction of a vehicle (hereinafter, referred to as a tie panel installation portion) on a side opposite the vehicle interior, the tie panel being connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the curtain airbag body with an upper connection means and a lower connection means,

the curtain airbag body including;

a first panel on a vehicle interior side;

a second panel on a side opposite the vehicle interior side; and

a connected portion connecting the first panel and the second panel to each other,

the connected portion including;

a peripheral connected portion extending along peripheral portions of the first panel and the second panel; and

an inner connected portion positioned inward from the peripheral connected portion,

a length between the upper connection means and the lower connection means in the tie panel being shorter than a length between the upper connection means and the lower connection means in the curtain airbag body, wherein

the inner connected portion includes radial connected portions extending radially in three directions or in more than three directions from a middle or from a position near the middle of the tie panel installation portion, and

the radial connected portions extending in the three directions extend at least obliquely upward or obliquely downward from the middle or from the position near the middle of the tie panel installation portion, wherein the radial connected portions extending from the middle or from the position near the middle of the tie panel installation portion include a first radial connected portion extending forward and upward, a second radial connected portion extending forward and downward, a third radial connected portion extending rearward and downward, and a fourth radial connected portion extending rearward and upward.

2. The curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein the first radial connected portion and the third radial connected portion extend in opposite directions, and the second radial connected portion and the fourth radial connected portion extend in opposite directions.

3. The curtain airbag according to claim 2, wherein the inner connected portion includes a circular connected portion extending circularly at the middle or at the position near the middle of the tie panel installation portion, and

the first to fourth radial connected portions extend radially from the circular connected portion.

4. The curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein a space between the radial connected portions in the curtain airbag body is configured to be inflated with gas from an inflator.

5. The curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein a length in a vertical direction of the curtain airbag body at the tie panel installation portion is longer than a length in the vertical direction of the curtain airbag body at sections on front and rear sides of the tie panel installation portion.

6. The curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein the tie panel includes a ventilation hole.

7. The curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein the tie panel is positioned next to at least one of a front seat and a rear seat of an automobile.

8. The curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein the tie panel is positioned next to a front seat of an automobile.

9. A curtain airbag device comprising:

the curtain airbag according to claim 1; and

an inflator configured to inflate the curtain airbag.