Airbag device

• US 10,279,769 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakanishi, Hiroyuki, Miura, Wataru, Ishiguro, Naohiko, Ishida, Ryotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Freedman, Laura
• Application Number:
  US15/635,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20180001863A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0009 Oblique collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0023 Offset collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0048 Head
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23308 the individual compartments defining the external shape of the bag
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23324 Inner walls crating separate compartments, e.g. communicating with vents
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23382 Internal tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2395 comprising means to control the venting
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/203 in steering wheels or steering columns
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2338 Tethers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means

Abstract

An airbag device includes an airbag stored in a storage part provided in front of an occupant seated on a seat. The airbag has an occupant protecting section configured to protect the occupant on a rear surface at the time of completion of inflation; the occupant protecting section includes: an upper half body restraining surface configured to receive an upper half body of the occupant; and a head receiving section formed in a left region and a right region of a center in a left-right direction of the occupant protecting section to protrude rearward from the upper half body restraining surface, in a region above the upper half body restraining surface. The head receiving section is configured so that a part between a left restraining surface and a right restraining surface upon completion of inflation is continued from the upper half body restraining surface.

Claims

1. An airbag device comprising:

an airbag stored in a storage part configured to be provided in front of an occupant seated on a seat of a vehicle, the airbag configured to deploy and inflate to protrude toward a rear side of the vehicle by flowing of an inflation gas therein, to protect the occupant, wherein;

the airbag has an occupant protecting section on a rear surface of the airbag, the occupant protecting section is configured to protect the occupant at a time of completion of inflation;

the occupant protecting section includes;

an upper half body restraining surface, configured to be disposed in front of the occupant at the time of completion of inflation, the upper half body restraining surface is configured to receive an upper half body of the occupant; and

a head receiving section formed in a left region and a right region of a center in a left-right direction of the occupant protecting section to protrude rearward from the upper half body restraining surface, in a region above the upper half body restraining surface, the head receiving section having a left restraining surface and a right restraining surface configured to receive a side surface of a head; and

the head receiving section is configured so that a part between the left restraining surface and the right restraining surface upon completion of inflation is continued from the upper half body restraining surface,

wherein;

the airbag includes;

an airbag main body in which a lower side of the rear surface upon completion of inflation is set as the upper half body restraining surface; and

the head receiving section formed to partially protrude from an upper side on the rear surface of the airbag main body upon completion of inflation;

the head receiving section includes a left restraining section having the left restraining surface, and a right restraining section having the right restraining surface; and

the left restraining section and the right restraining section are arranged such that base portions thereof upon completion of inflation are positioned on a center side in the left-right direction relative to a left edge and a right edge on the rear surface of the airbag main body and protrude rearward from the upper half body restraining surface, in a state in which the airbag upon completion of inflation is viewed from above,

wherein the left restraining surface and the right restraining surface are inclined with respect to a front-rear direction so as to be expanded toward a front end side when the inflation of the airbag is completed, and

wherein the left restraining surface and the right restraining surface are configured such that the base portions are brought into contact with each other when the inflation of the airbag is completed.

2. The airbag device according to according to claim 1, wherein

the airbag is folded and stored in the storage part which is provided in an instrument panel configured to be disposed in front of the occupant seated on the seat which is a passenger seat.

3. The airbag device according to claim 1, wherein

the airbag is folded and stored in the storage part which is provided in a steering wheel configured to be disposed in front of the occupant seated on the seat which is a driver'"'"'s seat.

4. An airbag device comprising:

an airbag stored in a storage part configured to be provided in front of an occupant seated on a seat of a vehicle, the airbag configured to deploy and inflate to protrude toward a rear side of the vehicle by flowing of an inflation gas therein, to protect the occupant, wherein;

the airbag has an occupant protecting section on a rear surface of the airbag, the occupant protecting section is configured to protect the occupant at a time of completion of inflation;

the occupant protecting section includes;

an upper half body restraining surface, configured to be disposed in front of the occupant at the time of completion of inflation, the upper half body restraining surface is configured to receive an upper half body of the occupant; and

a head receiving section formed in a left region and a right region of a center in a left-right direction of the occupant protecting section to protrude rearward from the upper half body restraining surface, in a region above the upper half body restraining surface, the head receiving section having a left restraining surface and a right restraining surface configured to receive a side surface of a head; and

the head receiving section is configured so that a part between the left restraining surface and the right restraining surface upon completion of inflation is continued from the upper half body restraining surface, wherein;

the airbag includes;

an airbag main body in which a lower side of the rear surface upon completion of inflation is set as the upper half body restraining surface; and

the head receiving section formed to partially protrude from an upper side on the rear surface of the airbag main body upon completion of inflation;

the head receiving section includes a left restraining section having the left restraining surface, and a right restraining section having the right restraining surface;

the left restraining section and the right restraining section are arranged such that base portions thereof upon completion of inflation are positioned on a center side in the left-right direction relative to a left edge and a right edge on the rear surface of the airbag main body and protrude rearward from the upper half body restraining surface, in a state in which the airbag upon completion of inflation is viewed from above; and

recessed portions recessed inward in the left-right direction between an upper part of a rear side wall section and the rear side wall section in outer regions in the left-right direction of the left restraining section and the right restraining section.

5. The airbag device according to claim 4, wherein

the left restraining surface and the right restraining surface are inclined with respect to a front-rear direction so as to be expanded toward a front end side when the inflation of the airbag is completed.

6. The airbag device according to claim 5, wherein

the left restraining surface and the right restraining surface are configured such that the base portions are brought into contact with each other when the inflation of the airbag is completed.

7. The airbag device according to according to claim 4, wherein

the airbag is folded and stored in the storage part which is provided in an instrument panel configured to be disposed in front of the occupant seated on the seat which is a passenger seat.

8. The airbag device according to claim 4, wherein

the airbag is folded and stored in the storage part which is provided in a steering wheel configured to be disposed in front of the occupant seated on the seat which is a driver'"'"'s seat.