Bracket for use in curtain airbag and curtain airbag apparatus

• US 20090267328A1
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.K.
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Minamikawa, Takeki
• Granted Patent: US 7,815,216 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/201 Packaging straps or envelopes for inflatable members
• 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

Abstract

A curtain airbag having an attaching piece at an edge portion is attached to a vehicle body through a bracket. The bracket includes a plate portion, and a plurality of airbag-attaching portions attached to the plate portion for attaching the attaching piece. The attaching piece of the curtain airbag is selectively attached to one of the plurality of airbag-attaching portions.

Claims

1. A bracket for attaching a curtain airbag to a vehicle body, said curtain airbag having an attaching piece formed at an edge portion thereof, comprising:

a plate portion, and

a plurality of airbag-attaching portions attached to the plate portion for attaching the attaching piece so that the attaching piece of the curtain airbag is selectively attached to one of the plurality of airbag-attaching portions.

2. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 1, wherein the bracket has a bilaterally-symmetric shape in one direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the curtain airbag in a state where the curtain airbag is attached.

3. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 2, wherein a same number of the airbag-attaching portions are provided on two sides along said one direction.

4. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 3, further comprising one vehicle-body attaching portion fixed to the plate portion for attaching the bracket to the vehicle body, said vehicle-body attaching portion being located at about a center position in said one direction thereof.

5. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 4, further comprising a projecting portion adapted to fit into a fitting hole provided in the vehicle body.

6. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 5, wherein a same number of the projecting portions are provided on left and right sides relative to the one vehicle-body attaching portion, respectively.

7. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 5, wherein said airbag-attaching portions and said vehicle-body attaching portion are arranged to generally face each other on two sides of the plate portion with a space therebetween.

8. The bracket for attaching the curtain airbag according to claim 7, wherein said projecting portion projects in a direction away from the airbag-attaching portion.

9. A curtain airbag apparatus comprising:

the curtain airbag;

the bracket according to claim 1; and

an inflator for supplying a gas into the curtain airbag.