Vehicle equipped with air bag device for rear crash

• US 20060055153A1
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Hirata, Motoharu
• Application Number:
  US11/195,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20060055153A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42709 involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42745 of the back-rest B60N2/433 takes precedence; higher part of the back-rest moving together with the headrest B60N2/888
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0011 Rear collision or recoiling bounce after frontal collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23107 the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23153 specially adapted for rear seat passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23316 Inner seams, e.g. creating separate compartments or used as tethering means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23324 Inner walls crating separate compartments, e.g. communicating with vents
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23386 External tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/20 Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components
• 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 22/195 with means to tension the belt in an emergency, e.g. means of the through-anchor or splitted reel typeelectrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01

Abstract

The air bag device is provided at the periphery of the lower end portion of the back window provided at the upper portion of the back door, and comprises the air bag cushion to be inflated at the vehicle rear crash, the inflator to supply the high pressure gas to the air bag cushion, and the gas supply pipe to connect the inflator with the air bag cushion. Accordingly, the air bag cushion can be inflated surely between the head portion of the passenger and the back door even if the seat back is inclined rearward due to the impact at the vehicle rear crash and thereby the impact absorption function and the occupant restraint function of the air bag device can be attained surely.

Claims

1. A vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash, comprising:

a back door provided at a rear end of the vehicle;

a rear seat provided in front of said back door, a seat back of which is located close to the back door; and

an air bag device provided at a periphery of a lower end portion of a back window of said back door, the air bag device being operative to be inflated between said back door and said rear seat at a vehicle rear crash.

2. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 1, wherein an inflation direction of an air bag cushion of said air bag device is set to be directed upward such that the inflated air bag cushion is located substantially between a portion above said seat back of the rear seat and said back door.

3. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 2, wherein there is provided a support device to support a side end portion of said air bag cushion, which is inflated in a curtain shape, at a periphery of a side end portion of said back window of the back door.

4. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 3, wherein there is provided at said back door a tension application device which pulls upward a side end portion of said air bag cushion, said tension application device being constituted so as to apply a lateral tension to an upper end portion of said air bag cushion when said air bag cushion is inflated.

5. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 1, wherein said air bag cushion of the air bag device is constituted so as to push forward a back face of said seat back when the air bag cushion is inflated.

6. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 2, wherein said air bag device is located below an upper end of said seat back, and the inflation direction of said air bag cushion is set to be directed upward with respect to a horizontal direction.

7. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 6, wherein said air bag cushion of the air bag device comprises a first cushion portion which pushes forward a back face of said seat back and a second cushion portion which is inflated upward so as to be located substantially between the portion above said seat back and said back door.

8. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 1, wherein there is provided at said rear seat a reclining mechanism operative to change a reclining angle of said seat back, and there is provided a space for allowing a reclining of the seat back behind the seat back.

9. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 1, wherein said air bag cushion of the air bag device in a folded state thereof is provided at a lower edge portion and both side edge portions of said back window in a substantially U shape, and an upper end portion of the air bag cushion in an inflated state thereof is located above an upper edge portion of said back window.

10. The vehicle equipped with an air bag device for a rear crash of claim 9, wherein said air bag cushion comprises an inflation portion which is inflated by a gas supply so as to extend from a lower end portion to the upper end portion thereof.