Bracket for securing side airbag for automotive vehicle

• US 20070241539A1
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv Development AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Corporation (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Choi, Kyun-soon, Lee, Dong-jun, Oh, Eun-hwan, Jang, Myung-ryun, Kim, Tae-woo, Yoo, Byoung-sun
• Granted Patent: US 7,523,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/30 Trim molding fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/47 Strap-end-attaching devices

Abstract

There is provided a bracket for securing a side airbag for an automotive vehicle. The bracket fixes a path such that a connection strap connecting the side airbag to the bracket is secured to an A-pillar and removes any interference when the side airbag is assembled, to make it easy to assemble the side airbag in a manufacturing site. The bracket has a through aperture through which a bolt is fastened, and a mounting plate secures the side airbag to the vehicle. Protrusions are each formed on each of both side ends of the bracket, and a bracket clip is installed on the external surface of the bracket. The bracket clip comprises: a bending part formed in the middle of the bracket clip; a plurality of support plates formed at either side of the bending part; and through apertures formed on the support plates, corresponding to the through aperture of the bracket. In the present invention, the path of the connection strap connecting the side airbag to the bracket is fixed by the bracket, and there is no interference when the bracket is assembled to install the side airbag in the A-pillar. Therefore, the assembling efficiency is improved, time is save, and productivity is improved in the manufacturing site.

Claims

1. A bracket for securing a side airbag for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a mounting plate for securing the side airbag to the vehicle, including a body and a connection part formed on the body; and

a bracket clip installed on the external surface of the connection part, and

wherein the connection part has a through aperture through which a bolt is fastened and protrusions are each formed on each of both side ends of the connection part,

and the bracket clip comprises;

a bending part formed in the middle of the bracket clip;

a plurality of support plates formed at both side of the bending part; and

through apertures formed on the support plates, corresponding to the through aperture of the connection part.

2. The bracket according to claim 1, wherein any one selected from the support plates comprises a ring-shape rise formed on an inner surface of the selected support plate, and the ring-shape rise is to be inserted into the through aperture of the connection part.

3. The bracket according to claim 2, wherein the ring-shaped rise formed on the support plate is formed on the inside of the support plate around outer circumference of the through aperture.

4. The bracket according to claim 3, wherein the bracket clip includes a protrusion which is bent on the surface connected with a body of the vehicle.

5. A bracket for securing a side airbag for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a bracket for fixing a connection strap which is configured to connect the side airbag to pillar of the vehicle, and

wherein the bracket comprises;

a support plate;

an installation plate positioned at upper part of the support plate and including an installation aperture; and

fixing plates formed by being forwardly bent from the right and left edges, with respect to the installation plate, of the support plate.

6. The bracket according to claim 5, wherein the fixing plates are bent from an upper end edge of the support plate.

7. The bracket according to claim 5, wherein one of the fixing plates is bent from a upper end edge of the support plate, and the other one is bent from a lower end edge of the support plate.

8. The bracket according to claim 5, wherein fixing protrusions and fixing apertures are complementarily formed on the support plate and the fixing plates, to be positioned to correspond to each other.

9. The bracket according to claim 5, wherein the fixing plate is provided with fixing protrusion in a square shape with the other three sides are cut except for the lower end, to be bent towards the supporting plate.

10. The bracket according to claim 5, wherein the end of the fixing plate is bent towards the supporting plate.

11. The bracket according to claim 5, wherein a hook is formed on an upper end of the installation plate.

12. A bracket for securing a side airbag for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a bracket which connects a connection strap, connected to the side airbag, to a pillar of the vehicle, and

wherein the bracket comprises;

an installation aperture to be secured to the pillar; and

a fixing bracket aperture through which the connection strap connected to the side airbag passes, and

wherein the fixing bracket aperture comprises;

a fixing bracket central aperture through which the connection strap passes; and

extension apertures formed at both ends of the fixing bracket central aperture and each having a greater width than that of the fixing bracket central aperture.

13. The bracket according to claim 12, wherein connection parts where the fixing bracket central aperture is connected to the extension apertures respectively include a slope surface.

14. The bracket according to claim 12, wherein hooking protrusions are formed in corners of the connection parts where the fixing bracket central aperture is connected to the extension apertures.

15. The bracket according to claim 12, wherein curved parts formed to be bulged towards a center of the fixing bracket central aperture, so that the width between both sides of the fixing bracket central aperture becomes gradually narrower towards the center of the fixing bracket central aperture.

16. A bracket for securing a side airbag for an automotive vehicle which is installed inside a roof side panel, comprising:

a lower plate having a lower plate installation aperture and connection hooks each formed at the right and left of the lower plate installation aperture;

an upper plate connected to one side of the lower plate and having an upper plate installation aperture and insertion apertures formed at the right and left of the upper plate installation aperture, each insertion aperture to which each connection hook is connected; and

an extension plate extended downward the lower plate.

17. The bracket according to claim 16, wherein spacing apertures are formed, in a horizontal direction, on both ends of each insertion aperture of the upper plate and are parallel to each other, and a movable plate with its one end connected to the upper plate is formed between the spacing apertures.

18. The bracket according to claim 16, wherein hooking protrusions are formed on the back surface of the lower plate, assisting in installation of the bracket onto the vehicle body.

19. The bracket according to claim 16, wherein the extension plate is bent to form an obtuse angle to the roof side panel.

20. The bracket according to claim 19, wherein reinforcement protrusions are respectively formed around the installation apertures formed in the upper plate and the lower plate.

21. A bracket for securing a side airbag to an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a bracket clip made of a metal piece being bent, the bracket clip including a bending part, two support plates formed at either side of the bending part, and installation apertures respectively formed in the support plates;

a body of the bracket; and

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wherein the body of the bracket comprises;

a restraint plate restraining a side airbag housing;

a number of restraint members which are extended downwardly from at one side of the restraint plate and cover a side airbag housing, and a hook connection part which is extended and formed at ends of the restraint members; and

a connection part which is bent to be formed at the other side of the restraint plate and into which the bracket clip is inserted.

22. The bracket according to claim 21, wherein the connection part has securing hooks formed at both sides of the connection part and extended toward the restraint plate, and the securing hooks are inserted by a hook connection part.

23. The bracket according to claim 21, wherein each of the restraint members includes a cut part formed at a position corresponding to a corner of the side airbag housing.

24. The bracket according to claim 21, wherein the bracket clip includes a protrusion which is bent on the surface connected with a body of the vehicle.

25. The bracket according to claim 21, wherein any one of the support plates of the bracket clip includes a ring-shaped rise formed around the installation aperture formed in the support plate.