SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
- an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion;
a pressure regulator valve that closes before an inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant to restrict the inflation gas from flowing out from the inflated part of the inflation portion through the opening, wherein, when the inflated part of the inflation portion restrains the occupant, the pressure regulator valve opens in response to a change in a tensed state of the wall portion by an external force applied due to the restraint, thereby cancelling the restriction; and
a time changing apparatus that changes an opening time of the pressure regulator valve upon the occupant restraint by the inflated part in the inflation portion to a time that is different from an opening time set only by the pressure regulator valve.
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Abstract
An airbag of a side airbag apparatus includes an upstream inflation portion, which inflates by inflation gas, and deploys frontward at a side of a vehicle seat. An opening is provided at a wall portion of the upstream inflation portion. A pressure regulator valve closes before an occupant is restrained by the upstream inflation portion, thereby restricting the inflation gas in the upstream inflation portion from flowing through the opening. Upon the occupant restraint, the pressure regulator valve cancels the restriction in response to a change in a tensed state of the dividing portion by an external force applied due to the restraint. A tear seam that connects valve body portions of the pressure regulator valve delays the opening time of the pressure regulator valve upon the occupant restraint by the upstream inflation portion relative to the opening time set only by the pressure regulator valve.
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32 Claims
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1. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion; a pressure regulator valve that closes before an inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant to restrict the inflation gas from flowing out from the inflated part of the inflation portion through the opening, wherein, when the inflated part of the inflation portion restrains the occupant, the pressure regulator valve opens in response to a change in a tensed state of the wall portion by an external force applied due to the restraint, thereby cancelling the restriction; and a time changing apparatus that changes an opening time of the pressure regulator valve upon the occupant restraint by the inflated part in the inflation portion to a time that is different from an opening time set only by the pressure regulator valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion; a pressure regulator valve that closes before an inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant to restrict the inflation gas from flowing out from the inflated part of the inflation portion through the opening, wherein, when the inflated part of the inflation portion restrains the occupant, the pressure regulator valve opens in response to a change in a tensed state of the wall portion by an external force applied due to the restraint, thereby cancelling the restriction; and an outflow amount changing apparatus, wherein upon the occupant restraint by the inflated part of the inflation portion, the outflow amount changing apparatus changes an amount of the inflation gas flowing out from the inflated part of the inflation portion to an outflow amount that is different from an outflow amount in a case of the inflation gas passing through only the opening. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion; and a time changing apparatus that changes a time at which the inflation gas starts to flow out through the opening when an inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant to a time different from an outflow starting time in a case in which the inflation gas flows out from the opening without being obstructed by the wall portion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion; and an outflow amount changing apparatus, wherein, when an inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant, the outflow amount changing apparatus changes an amount of the inflation gas flowing out from the portion in response to a change in an internal pressure of the inflation portion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion; and an outflow amount changing apparatus, wherein, when the inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant, the outflow amount changing apparatus changes an amount of the inflation gas flowing out from the inflated part to an outflow amount that is different from an outflow amount in a case in which the inflation gas passes through only the opening. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A side airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag that includes an inflation portion that inflates by inflation gas supplied in response to an impact applied from a side to a vehicle seat, and that deploys toward a front of the vehicle seat at a side of the vehicle seat, wherein an opening is provided in a wall portion forming the inflation portion; and a pre-restraint flowing out apparatus, wherein, before the inflated part of the inflation portion restrains an occupant, the pre-restraint flowing out apparatus causes the inflation gas to start flowing out from the inflate part. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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