CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE AND OCCUPANT PROTECTING DEVICE

• US 20140217709A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Fukawatase, Osamu, Taguchi, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,899,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23107 the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23308 the individual compartments defining the external shape of the bag
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23386 External tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/233 comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other B60R21/232 takes precedence

Abstract

A curtain airbag device comprising: a main deploying portion that, at a time when at least one of a small overlap impact or an oblique impact arises, receives a supply of gas and expands, and is deployed in a shape of a curtain along a side window glass; an outer side deploying portion that is formed integrally with a front end side, in a vehicle front-rear direction, of the main deploying portion, and that receives a supply of gas from the main deploying portion and is expanded and deployed; and an inner side deploying portion that is formed integrally with the front end side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, of the main deploying portion, and that receives a supply of gas from the main deploying portion and expands, and is deployed overlappingly at a vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the outer side deploying portion.

Claims

1. A curtain airbag device comprising:

a main deploying portion that, at a time when a side impact arises, and at a time when at least one of a small overlap impact or an oblique impact arises, receives a supply of gas and expands, and is deployed in a shape of a curtain along a side window glass;

an outer side deploying portion that is formed integrally with a front end side, in a vehicle front-rear direction, of the main deploying portion, and that receives a supply of gas from the main deploying portion and is expanded and deployed; and

an inner side deploying portion that is formed integrally with the front end side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, of the main deploying portion, and that receives a supply of gas from the main deploying portion and expands, and is deployed overlappingly at a vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the outer side deploying portion, the inner side deploying portion is adapted to cover the front pillar and a vehicle width direction outer end portion of an instrument panel, when deployed, as seen from a front seat occupant.

2. The curtain airbag device of claim 1, wherein the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are folded-up in a state of being overlapped with one another by being connected to a front pillar via tethers, respectively.

3. The curtain airbag device of claim 1, wherein

at least one of the outer side deploying portion or the inner side deploying portion is connected to a front pillar via a tether, and

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are folded-up in a state of being overlapped with one another by being connected together by a connecting body.

4. The curtain airbag device of claim 1, wherein:

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are made into shapes of bags that are independent of one another, and are separated in a vehicle up-down direction with a slit that is formed along the vehicle front-rear direction therebetween, and

a rear end of the slit is formed in a triangular shape whose width along the vehicle up-down direction gradually widens toward the rear end.

5. The curtain airbag device of claim 2, wherein

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are made into shapes of bags that are independent of one another, and are separated vertically with a slit that is formed along the vehicle front-rear direction therebetween, and

a rear end of the slit is formed in a triangular shape whose width along the vehicle up-down direction gradually widens toward the rear end.

6. The curtain airbag device of claim 3, wherein

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are made into shapes of bags that are independent of one another, and are separated vertically with a slit that is formed along the vehicle front-rear direction therebetween, and

a rear end of the slit is formed in a triangular shape whose width along the vehicle up-down direction gradually widens toward the rear end.

7. An occupant protecting device comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact of a form in which the main deploying portion is deployed arises, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 1, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

8. An occupant protecting device comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact of a form in which the main deploying portion is deployed arises, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 2, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

9. An occupant protecting device comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact of a form in which the main deploying portion is deployed arises, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 3, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

10. An occupant protecting device comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact of a form in which the main deploying portion is deployed arises, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 4, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

11. An occupant protecting device comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact of a form in which the main deploying portion is deployed arises, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 5, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

12. An occupant protecting device comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact of a form in which the main deploying portion is deployed arises, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 6, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

13. The curtain airbag device of claim 2, wherein:

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are configured as bags that are independent of one another, and are separated in a vehicle up-down direction with a slit that is formed along the vehicle front-rear direction therebetween;

the rear end of one of the tethers is connected to a front end of the inner side deploying portion, and the rear end of another tether is connected to a front end of the outer side deploying portion; and

the inner side deploying portion and the outer side deploying portion are set in a state of overlapping one another in the vehicle width direction due to front ends of the tethers being restrained together at a restraining portion.

14. The curtain airbag device of claim 3, wherein:

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are configured as bags that are independent of one another, and are separated in a vehicle up-down direction with a slit that is formed along the vehicle front-rear direction therebetween; and

the tether is connected to the one of the inner side deploying portion or the outer side deploying portion that is positioned at a lower side, and to the front pillar.

15. The curtain airbag device of claim 1, wherein:

the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are configured as bags that are independent of one another, and are separated in a vehicle up-down direction with a slit that is formed along the vehicle front-rear direction therebetween, and

the inner side deploying portion is positioned at a lower side or upper side with respect to the outer side deploying portion in the vehicle up-down direction.

16. An occupant protecting device, comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact arises at which the main deploying portion is deployed, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 13, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

17. An occupant protecting device, comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact arises at which the main deploying portion is deployed, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 14, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

18. An occupant protecting device, comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact arises at which the main deploying portion is deployed, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 15, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.

19. The curtain airbag device of claim 1 further comprising a gas supplying device which, when actuated at the time when the side impact arises and at the time when at least one of the small overlap impact or the oblique impact arises, supplies gas to the main deploying portion.

20. An occupant protecting device, comprising:

an airbag device for a front seat that, at a time when a frontal impact arises, and at a time when, among a small overlap impact and an oblique impact, an impact arises at which the main deployment portion is deployed, causes an airbag for a frontal impact to expand and deploy by a supply of gas; and

the curtain airbag device of claim 19, which is structured such that the outer side deploying portion and the inner side deploying portion are expanded and deployed at a front side, in the vehicle front-rear direction, with respect to the airbag for a frontal impact, as seen in side view.