AIRBAG DEVICE

• US 20110101658A1
• Filed: 04/15/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ashimori Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ashimori Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Hashizume, Tomoki, Matsuoka, Miwa, Konishi, Shuhei
• Granted Patent: US 8,308,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• 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 21/237 characterised by the way they are folded

Abstract

An airbag is quickly inflated and deployed along an inner side wall of a vehicle while suppressing variations of the deployment direction of the airbag inflated and deployed from an upper part of the vehicle. An upper edge side of an airbag (2), which deploys first, is bellows-folded to form a bellows portion (2J), and a lower edge side continuous with the bellows portion (2J) is roll-folded toward the vehicle'"'"'s exterior side (G) to form a roll-folded portion (2R). The roll-folded portion (2R) is formed to have a larger width than the bellows portion (2J) in the vehicle'"'"'s width direction and the both sides thereof are folded back upward. The bellows portion (2J) is folded in substantially half and is wrapped by the roll-folded portion (2R) from below and is accommodated therein. When the airbag (2) deploys, first, the bellows portion (2J), whose deployment is restricted by the roll-folded portion (2R) on both sides, deploys toward the lower side of the vehicle, and the roll-folded portion (2R) is pushed by the deployment force thereof toward the trim (50) and opens the trim (50), through which the roll-folded portion (2R) pops out and deploys in the vehicle.

Claims

1. An airbag device comprising:

a folded airbag attached to an upper part of an inner side wall of a vehicle along a vehicle'"'"'s front-rear direction;

a trim that covers the airbag at the vehicle'"'"'s interior side; and

an inflator that supplies gas to the airbag to inflate and deploy the airbag to the lower side of the vehicle from the trim,

wherein the airbag includes a bellows portion that is formed by bellows-folding an upper edge side and a roll-folded portion that is formed by roll-folding a lower edge side toward a vehicle'"'"'s exterior side and is continuous with the bellows portion, and

wherein the roll-folded portion is roll-folded such that it is longer than the bellows portion in the vehicle'"'"'s width direction and is folded back upward so as to wrap from below and accommodate the bellows portion.

2. The airbag device according to claim 1,

wherein the roll-folded portion is roll-folded such that it is longer in the vehicle'"'"'s width direction than in the vehicle'"'"'s top-bottom direction.

3. The airbag device according to claim 1,

wherein the bellows portion is accommodated in the roll-folded portion such that the side portions thereof are folded downward.

4. The airbag device according to claim 1, further comprising an inner tube that is disposed on the upper edge side in the airbag and guides the gas supplied from the inflator in the airbag,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag including, at least, the inner tube is bellows-folded.

5. The airbag device according to claim 1,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

6. The airbag device according to claim 2,

wherein the bellows portion is accommodated in the roll-folded portion such that the side portions thereof are folded downward.

7. The airbag device according to claim 2, further comprising an inner tube that is disposed on the upper edge side in the airbag and guides the gas supplied from the inflator in the airbag,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag including, at least, the inner tube is bellows-folded.

8. The airbag device according to claim 3, further comprising an inner tube that is disposed on the upper edge side in the airbag and guides the gas supplied from the inflator in the airbag,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag including, at least, the inner tube is bellows-folded.

9. The airbag device according to claim 6, further comprising an inner tube that is disposed on the upper edge side in the airbag and guides the gas supplied from the inflator in the airbag,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag including, at least, the inner tube is bellows-folded.

10. The airbag device according to claim 2,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

11. The airbag device according to claim 3,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

12. The airbag device according to claim 4,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

13. The airbag device according to claim 6,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

14. The airbag device according to claim 7,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

15. The airbag device according to claim 8,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.

16. The airbag device according to claim 9,

wherein the upper edge side of the airbag is bellows-folded such that the roll-folded portion is popped out from the trim in a state where the bellows portion is inflated and deployed.