ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR PARTS

• US 20130119648A1
• Filed: 06/16/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Mitsuyoshi, Ito, Kazunori
• Granted Patent: US 8,641,083 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/026 characterised by the fixing means B60N3/023 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/21 in vehicle side panels, e.g. doors pillar mounted arrangements B60R21/213
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars

Abstract

A grab rail is attached via a bracket to an upper portion of a side panel inside a vehicle, and a curtain-shaped airbag is arranged in a folded state on a side portion of the side panel inside the vehicle. The bracket includes a vehicle body attachment seat section that is attached to an attachment surface formed on the side panel; an arm section that is bent from the vehicle body attachment seat section and extends downward and inward in the vehicle width direction; and a grab rail attachment seat section that is bent from a lower end of the arm section, extends upward and inward in the vehicle width direction, and has the grab rail attached thereto. A space section formed by the side panel and the arm section opens downwardly and serves as a storage portion for receipt of the folded curtain-shaped airbag.

Claims

1. An arrangement structure for vehicle interior parts,

wherein a grab rail is attached via a bracket to an upper portion of a side panel inside a vehicle, the side panel forming a portion of an opening of a vehicle body,

wherein a curtain-shaped airbag is arranged in a folded state on a side portion of the side panel inside the vehicle, the curtain-shaped airbag extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body,

wherein the bracket is plate-shaped and is disposed such that a thickness direction thereof intersects the front-rear direction of the vehicle body,

wherein the bracket includes

a vehicle body attachment seat section that is attached to an attachment surface formed on the side panel;

an arm section that is bent from the vehicle body attachment seat section and extends downward and inward in a vehicle width direction; and

a grab rail attachment seat section that is bent from a lower end of the arm section, extends upward and inward in the vehicle width direction, and has the grab rail attached thereto, and

wherein a space section that opens downward and that is formed by the side panel and the arm section of the bracket serves as a storage portion in which the folded curtain-shaped airbag is stored.

2. The arrangement structure for vehicle interior parts according to claim 1,

wherein an inflator that supplies high-pressure gas to the curtain-shaped airbag is disposed in parallel with the curtain-shaped airbag between the vehicle body attachment seat section of the bracket and the curtain-shaped airbag stored in the storage portion.

3. The arrangement structure for vehicle interior parts according to claim 1,

wherein the attachment surface of the side panel serves as a welded portion that extends along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and is welded to a roof panel, and

wherein the vehicle body attachment seat section of the bracket is welded together with the side panel and the roof panel.

4. The arrangement structure for vehicle interior parts according to claim 1,

wherein the grab rail is supported by a plurality of the brackets, and

wherein all the plurality of brackets have the same shape and the same dimensions.

5. The arrangement structure for vehicle interior parts according to claim 2,

wherein the attachment surface of the side panel serves as a welded portion that extends along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and is welded to a roof panel, and

wherein the vehicle body attachment seat section of the bracket is welded together with the side panel and the roof panel.

6. The arrangement structure for vehicle interior parts according to claim 2,

wherein the grab rail is supported by a plurality of the brackets, and

wherein all the plurality of brackets have the same shape and the same dimensions.