Airbag apparatus

• US 20080238052A1
• Filed: 03/25/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Ochiai, Yasuo, Yamanaka, Makoto, Iida, Takashi, Mizuno, Yoshio
• Application Number:
  US12/076,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20080238052A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0011 Rear collision or recoiling bounce after frontal collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23153 specially adapted for rear seat passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/201 Packaging straps or envelopes for inflatable members
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/214 in roof panels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge

Abstract

An airbag apparatus has an airbag body, which is arranged between a roof panel and a roof head lining of a vehicle and held in a folded state. The airbag body also has a second bolt, a fixed piece, and a folded portion. The airbag body is fixed to a guide portion of an inner panel by the second bolt. The fixed piece is fixed by the second bolt. The folded portion extends from the fixed piece and is maintained in a folded state. The airbag body also includes a binding tape and a restricting plate. The binding tape binds the folded portion together and releases the folded portion when the airbag body is deployed and inflated. The restricting plate ensures an open space below the folded portion and restricts downward displacement of the folded portion when the airbag body 13 is fixed to the guide portion.

Claims

1. An airbag apparatus having an airbag body arranged between a roof panel and a roof head lining of a vehicle and held in a folded state, the airbag apparatus comprising:

a fixing member fixing the airbag body to the roof panel;

the airbag body having a fixed portion fixed by the fixing member and a folded portion that extends from the fixed portion and is maintained in a folded state;

a binding member binding the folded portion in the folded state and releasing the folded portion when the airbag body is deployed and inflated; and

a restricting member that restricts downward displacement of the folded portion when the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the restricting member has a contact portion that contacts an opposed surface of the folded portion that is opposed to the fixing member.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the contact portion of the restricting member contacts a portion corresponding to a lower end of the opposed surface when the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel, the restricting member has a support portion located above the folded portion and is bound with the folded portion by the binding member.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel, the support portion of the restricting member is provided on an upper surface of the folded portion along the entire length in a direction perpendicular to a deploying and inflating direction of the airbag body.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel, the support portion of the restricting member is shorter than the width of the folded portion in a front-and-rear direction.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fixed portion of the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel by the fixing member through the restricting member.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the restricting member releases the folded portion from a restricted state when the airbag body is deployed and inflated.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the airbag apparatus is an airbag apparatus for rear-end collision, and wherein the airbag body is deployed and inflated into a space rearward from a rear seat of the vehicle.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the airbag body is deployed and inflate substantially in a horizontal direction at a position above the rear seat before being deployed and inflated into a space rearward from the rear seat.

11. An airbag apparatus having an airbag body arranged between a roof panel and a roof head lining of a vehicle and held in a folded state, the airbag apparatus comprising:

a fixing member fixing the airbag body to the roof panel;

the airbag body having a fixed portion fixed by the fixing member and a folded portion that extends from the fixed portion and is maintained in a folded state;

a binding member binding the folded portion in the folded state and releasing the folded portion when the airbag body is deployed and inflated; and

a restricting member that restricts downward displacement of the folded portion 1. An airbag apparatus having an airbag body arranged between a roof panel and a roof head lining of a vehicle and held in a folded state, the airbag apparatus comprising;

a fixing member fixing the airbag body to the roof panel;

the airbag body having a fixed portion fixed by the fixing member and a folded portion that extends from the fixed portion and is maintained in a folded state;

a binding member binding the folded portion in the folded state and releasing the folded portion when the airbag body is deployed and inflated; and

a restricting member that restricts downward displacement of the folded portion while ensuring an open space below the folded portion when the airbag body is fixed to the roof panel.