Airbag device

• US 10,059,299 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2015
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Yamada, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): English, James A
• Application Number:
  US15/303,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20170036639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0009 Oblique collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0048 Head
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23107 the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/205 in dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
• 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

Abstract

An airbag device capable of preventing an occupant from contacting a center console and restraining rotation of the occupant head. The airbag includes a first airbag deployed in front of an occupant of a seat to restrain the occupant from moving forward, and a second airbag coupled to a side of the first airbag on a center side of a vehicle interior to restrain the occupant from moving laterally during deployment. The second airbag has a front end portion that reaches a center console during deployment, and a rear end portion positioned further behind a rear end of the first airbag and extending to a center of the head of the occupant during deployment while the occupant is in contact with the first airbag.

Claims

1. An airbag device for a vehicle adapted for deployment upon a vehicle impact, comprising:

a first airbag adapted to be deployed in front of an occupant of a seat to restrain the occupant from moving forward during the vehicle impact; and

a second airbag coupled to a side of the first airbag on a center side of a vehicle interior adapted to restrain the occupant from moving laterally during the vehicle impact,

the second airbag having a front end portion that reaches a center console during deployment, and a rear end portion positioned further behind a rear end of the first airbag and adapted to be positioned to extend to a center of the head of the occupant during the deployment while the occupant is in contact with the first airbag,

wherein when the first and the second airbags are projected and observed from a side of the vehicle on the second airbag side, points are positioned in descending order of height of;

E, C, D, A, and B, where point A is a highest point of the second airbag in contact with the center console, point B is a lowest point of the second airbag in contact with the center console, point C is a highest point in an overlapping area between a rear end surface of the first airbag and the second airbag, point D is a lowest point in an overlapping area between a rear end surface of the first airbag and the second airbag, and point E is a top of the second airbag.

2. The airbag device according to claim 1, further comprising wherein the rear end portion of the second airbag extends to an occipital region of the occupant during deployment.

3. The airbag device according to claim 1 further comprising an inflator that supplies inflation gas to the first airbag, wherein

an opening communicating with both the first airbag and the second airbag is formed at a coupling part between the first and the second airbags, and

the inflation gas flows from the first airbag to the second airbag during the deployment.

4. The airbag device according claim 3 further comprising wherein when the first and the second airbags are projected and observed from the side of the vehicle on the second airbag side,

the opening is bounded within the points A, B, C and D.

5. The airbag device according to claim 1 further comprising wherein the rear end portion of the second airbag has an upper end reaching a parietal region of the occupant and a lower end reaching a shoulder of the occupant in a height direction.

6. The airbag device according to claim 1 further comprising wherein the first airbag and the second airbag are coupled by sewing, so that the head of the occupant is prevented from coming into a boundary between the first and the second airbags.

7. The airbag device according claim 6 further comprising wherein when the first and the second airbags are projected and observed from the side of the vehicle on the second airbag side,

the sewing is bounded within the points A, B, C and D.

8. The airbag device according to claim 1 further comprising wherein a rear end surface of the first airbag and a rear end surface of the second airbag are coupled by a flexible panel, so that the head of the occupant is prevented from coming into a boundary between the first and the second airbags.

9. The airbag device according claim 1 wherein the vehicle is configured for the occupant in a passenger front seat and further configured for a vehicle driver in a driver seat laterally positioned from the passenger front seat and further comprising the second airbag is positioned between the occupant and the driver during the deployment.

10. The airbag device according to claim 1 further comprising wherein when the first and second airbags are projected and observed from the side of the vehicle on the second airbag side, the points are positioned in an order from the front to the back of:

A, B, C, D, and E.

11. An airbag device for a vehicle adapted for deployment upon a vehicle impact, comprising:

a first airbag adapted to be deployed in front of an occupant of a seat to restrain the occupant from moving forward during the vehicle impact; and

a second airbag coupled to a side of the first airbag on a center side of a vehicle interior adapted to restrain the occupant from moving laterally during the vehicle impact,

the second airbag having a front end portion that reaches a center console during deployment, and a rear end portion positioned further behind a rear end of the first airbag and adapted to be positioned to extend to a center of the head of the occupant during the deployment while the occupant is in contact with the first airbag,

wherein when the first and second airbags are projected and observed from a side of the vehicle on the second airbag side,

points are positioned in an order from the front to the back of;

A, B, C, D, and E, where point A is a highest point of the second airbag in contact with the center console, point B is a lowest point of the second airbag in contact with the center console, point C is a highest point in an overlapping area between a rear end surface of the first airbag and the second airbag, point D is a lowest point in an overlapping area between a rear end surface of the first airbag and the second airbag, and point E is a top of the second airbag.

12. The airbag device according to claim 11, further comprising wherein the rear end portion of the second airbag extends to an occipital region of the occupant during deployment.

13. The airbag device according to claim 11 further comprising an inflator that supplies inflation gas to the first airbag, wherein

an opening communicating with both the first airbag and the second airbag is formed at a coupling part between the first and the second airbags, and

the inflation gas flows from the first airbag to the second airbag during the deployment.

14. The airbag device according claim 13 further comprising wherein when the first and the second airbags are projected and observed from the side of the vehicle on the second airbag side, the opening is bounded within the points A, B, C and D.

15. The airbag device according to claim 11 further comprising wherein the rear end portion of the second airbag has an upper end reaching a parietal region of the occupant and a lower end reaching a shoulder of the occupant in a height direction.

16. The airbag device according to claim 11 further comprising wherein the first airbag and the second airbag are coupled by sewing, so that the head of the occupant is prevented from coming into a boundary between the first and the second airbags.

17. The airbag device according claim 16 further comprising wherein when the first and the second airbags are projected and observed from the side of the vehicle on the second airbag side, the sewing is bounded within the points A, B, C and D.

18. The airbag device according to claim 11 further comprising wherein a rear end surface of the first airbag and a rear end surface of the second airbag are coupled by a flexible panel, so that the head of the occupant is prevented from coming into a boundary between the first and the second airbags.

19. The airbag device according claim 11 wherein the vehicle is configured for the occupant in a passenger front seat and further configured for a vehicle driver in a driver seat laterally positioned from the passenger front seat and further comprising the second airbag is positioned between the occupant and the driver during the deployment.