Seat-Mounted Occupant Restraining Apparatus

• US 20090200775A1
• Filed: 05/09/2007
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Shinichi, Takedomi, Akifumi
• Application Number:
  US12/308,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20090200775A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2615 for diverting the gas into a plurality of bags
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/207 in vehicle seats
• 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

[Object] To provide a seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus with which it becomes possible to set so that pressurized fluid is supplied in accordance with priority to a plurality of airbags extending to substantially peripheral portions of an occupant when inflated, and a gas supply means for supplying in common the pressurized fluid is enabled to be simplified.

[Solving Means] A seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus includes a backrest portion 1B, a pair of side airbags 11a, 11b each provided in the backrest portion 1B so as to extend to the side portions of an occupant 2 when inflated, an inflator 13 for supplying gas in common to the plurality of side airbags 11a, 11b, and gas supply holes 15a, 15b, which set the priority of gas supply to the plurality of side airbags 11a, 11b via the inflator 13.

Claims

1. A seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus comprising:

a backrest portion;

a plurality of airbags each provided in the backrest portion so as to extend at least to substantially peripheral portions of an occupant when inflated, the peripheral portions including at least side portions of an occupant;

a gas supply means for supplying pressurized fluid in common to the plurality of airbags; and

a supply priority setting means for setting priorities for supplying the pressurized fluid to the plurality of airbags through the gas supply means.

2. The seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the gas supply means is provided with one inflator, and an introduction tube passage for introducing the pressurized fluid from this inflator to the plurality of airbags.

3. The seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the introduction tube passage is substantially U-shaped.

4. The seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the supply priority setting means is a check valve provided in the introduction tube passage.

5. The seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the supply priority setting means is a throttling means provided in the introduction tube passage.

6. The seat-mounted occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the supply priority setting means is a plurality of opening portions, the number or size of each of which is different to each other so as to regulate the supply quantity of the pressurized fluid for each of the plurality of airbags, the opening portions being provided in the introduction tube passage in correspondence to the respective airbags.