CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20120319385A1
• Filed: 02/23/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ashimori Industry Company Limited, Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Ashimori Industry Company Limited, Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Saiki, Hideharu, Matsuoka, Miwa, Hashizume, Tomoki, Ohmori, Tomohisa, Shibahara, Taei, Yoshinaga, Junichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,408,586 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/161 characterised by additional means for controlling deployment trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/237 characterised by the way they are folded

Abstract

A curtain airbag device for a vehicle has a curtain airbag main body 17 that is disposed along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body while covered with an A pillar trim 41 and roof trim 42, and folded in an A pillar 7 and a roof side rail part 30 of the vehicle body so as to be able to deploy downward within a cabin. The curtain airbag main body 17 is provided with a twisted part 17b that is twisted such that an initial deployment force, generated upon inflation and deployment of the curtain airbag main body 17 located in a vicinity of the A pillar trim 41, is acted in a separation direction in which the A pillar trim 41 is parted away from the A pillar part 7, to push open the A pillar trim 41 toward an inside of the cabin. At least an upper surface of the twisted part 17b is regulated by a supporting bracket 21 and disposed in the vehicle body.

Claims

1. A curtain airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:

a curtain airbag main body that is disposed along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body while covered with a pillar trim and a roof trim, and folded in a front or rear pillar part and a roof side rail part of the vehicle body so as to be able to deploy downward within a cabin, and

an attachment member which attaches the pillar trim to the pillar part;

wherein;

the curtain airbag main body is provided with a twisted part that is twisted such that an initial deployment force, generated upon inflation and deployment of the curtain airbag main body located in a vicinity of the pillar trim, is acted in a separation direction in which the pillar trim is parted away from the pillar part, to push open the pillar trim toward an inside of the cabin;

a regulating member for regulating at least an upward movement of the twisted part is provided on, at least, an upper surface of the twisted part, and the regulating member being disposed on a vehicle body side;

the twisted part is provided with an accordion-shaped folded part that is folded such that a direction where respective folded portions of the curtain airbag main body are superposed on each other follows the separation direction;

the initial deployment force, generated upon inflation and deployment of the curtain airbag main body, is acted in the separation direction, to push open the pillar trim toward the inside of the cabin, and to deploy the curtain airbag main body downward from a gap between the pillar trim and the pillar part toward the inside of the cabin;

in the twisted part, a tip end part of the folded part is positioned toward an outside of the vehicle body;

said attachment member attaches the pillar trim to the pillar part so as to allow said pillar trim to move relative to the pillar part in a direction in which the pillar trim is entirely pushed open toward the inside of the cabin without causing substantial deformation of said pillar trim itself by the initial deployment force generated upon inflation and deployment of the curtain airbag main body; and

the attachment member has a first member which is fixed to the pillar part, and a second member which is fixed to the pillar trim and is inserted to the first member in a slidable manner toward the inside of the cabin.

4. The curtain airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the regulating member has an upper regulating part for regulating an upper surface of the twisted part, and a side regulating part for regulating a side surface, at an upper part within the cabin, of the twisted part.

6. The curtain airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the attachment member is disposed in a vicinity of the twisted part.

7. The curtain airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the roof side rail part is provided with an inflator for supplying inflation and deployment gas to the airbag main body located in a section corresponding to the roof side rail part, and the twisted part is provided in a position corresponding to an adjacent part between the pillar part and the roof side rail part.

8. The curtain airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the roof side rail part is provided with an inflator for supplying inflation and deployment gas to the airbag main body located in a section corresponding to the roof side rail part, and the twisted part is provided in a position corresponding to an adjacent part between the pillar part and the roof side rail part.

9. The curtain airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the roof side rail part is provided with an inflator for supplying inflation and deployment gas to the airbag main body located in a section corresponding to the roof side rail part, and the twisted part is provided in a position corresponding to an adjacent part between the pillar part and the roof side rail part.

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