BRACKET FOR FASTENING OF A CURTAIN AIRBAG TO A VEHICLE PART

• US 20130214515A1
• Filed: 09/05/2011
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Malmenstam, Jonas, Jaconelli, Hakan, Lindberg, Per, Nakshima, Atsushi, Matshushita, Tetsuya
• Granted Patent: US 8,857,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23386 External tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/20 Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components
• 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 21/2338 Tethers

Abstract

A bracket for fastening a tightening strap of a curtain airbag to a vehicle part includes a base plate and a support surface for fastening the bracket to the vehicle part. A retaining web, fastenable to the tightening strap, is located on the bracket in such a way that the retaining web can be moved to a fastening position by performing a swivel motion with the bracket being supported on the vehicle part via the support surface.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A bracket for fastening a tightening strap of a curtain airbag to a vehicle part, the bracket comprising:

a base plate operable for fastening the bracket to the vehicle part;

a support surface provided on the bracket for fastening the bracket to the vehicle part; and

a retaining web, fastenable to the tightening strap, the retaining web located on the bracket in such a way that the retaining web is movable to a fastening position by performing a swivel motion with the bracket being supported on the vehicle part via the support surface.

13. The bracket according to claim 12, wherein the support surface is formed by an angled portion provided at an end of the base plate.

14. The bracket according to claim 13, wherein the bracket further includes an engagement portion adjoining the angled portion, the engagement portion of the bracket insertable into an opening of the vehicle part and located relative to the base plate such that the engagement portion and the base plate support themselves on different sides of the vehicle part in a position of the bracket being supported on the vehicle part.

15. The bracket according to claim 12, wherein a first portion of the bracket is folded back on the base plate to form a double-layer portion, and, in the area of the double-layer portion, the bracket is fastenable to the vehicle part using a fastening means, and wherein the support surface and the retaining web are respectively located at a first end and a second end of the bracket located on top of each other owing to the folding.

16. The bracket according to claim 15, wherein the second end is shorter than the first end.

17. The bracket according to claim 15, wherein the retaining web is located a first distance from the fastening means and the support surface is located a second distance from the fastening means, the first distance less than the second distance.

18. The bracket according to claim 15, wherein the distance between the first portion and the base plate in the double-layer portion is smaller than the distance between the retaining web and the support surface.

19. The bracket according to claim 18, wherein the first portion rests against the base plate in the area of the fastening means.

20. The bracket according to claim 12, wherein the bracket comprises a bracket joint which can be swiveled relative to the base plate in a swivel bearing, and the retaining web is located on the bracket joint.

21. The bracket according to claim 20, wherein the bracket joint comprises an actuating portion located at a larger distance from the swivel bearing than the retaining web.

22. The bracket according to claim 20, wherein the support surface is formed by a fastening element, with which the bracket can be fastened to the vehicle part via the base plate.