PASSENGER PROTECTIVE DEVICE

• US 20060267316A1
• Filed: 05/18/2006
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Takashi, Takemura, Naoki, Utsumi, Hidetoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,318,600 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23107 the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2615 for diverting the gas into a plurality of bags
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2617 Curtain bag nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge
• 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

Curtain-shaped bag bodies 26, 27 are expanded and developed inside a vehicle room on windows of a vehicle. The bag bodies 26, 27 are expanded and developed by a plurality of inflaters 26, 27, and the plurality of inflaters 26, 27 are arranged in the same interior material being well organized.

Claims

1. A passenger protective device comprising:

a bag body to be expanded and developed into a curtain-shape inside a vehicle room on a window of the vehicle;

a plurality of inflaters for expanding and developing the bag body; and

an interior material for arranging the plurality of inflaters well organized therein.

2. The passenger protective device according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of bag bodies are provided corresponding to the plurality of inflaters.

3. The passenger protective device according to claim 2, wherein

a plurality of bag bodies are provided in a vehicle side portion corresponding to a plurality of windows arranged in the longitudinal direction.

4. The passenger protective device according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of inflaters are integrally attached to a vehicle body by a common bracket.

5. The passenger protective device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of pipes for connecting the plurality of inflaters with the bag bodies crossing each other.