AIRBAG

• US 20140319807A1
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Plast Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nihon Plast Company Limited
• Inventors: SANO, Osamu
• Granted Patent: US 9,079,557 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2165 characterised by a tear line for defining a deployment opening
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/237 characterised by the way they are folded

Abstract

An airbag includes: a gas introduction portion; and a folded bag-shaped airbag main body capable of being inflated and deployed in a first direction toward an object to be protected, by gas introduced from the gas introduction portion. The folded airbag main body includes: a deployment portion disposed to face a cover; a flow-in portion through which the gas flows from the gas introduction portion into the deployment portion; and a reduction portion disposed to face the gas introduction portion and configured to make the flow-in portion narrower toward a center portion of a main tear line of the cover and guide the gas introduced from the gas introduction portion to the center portion of the main tear line.

Claims

1. An airbag comprising:

a gas introduction portion; and

a folded bag-shaped airbag main body capable of being inflated and deployed in a first direction toward an object to be protected, by gas introduced from the gas introduction portion, wherein

the folded airbag main body is covered with and housed in a cover including;

a groove-shaped main tear line;

groove-shaped side tear lines extending in a direction intersecting the main tear line to be continuous respectively with opposite ends of the main tear line; and

a hinge portion extending between the side tear lines,

upon introduction of the gas into the airbag main body, the folded airbag main body is inflated and deployed in the first direction and splits the main tear line and the side tear lines to form a door portion in the cover and turn the door portion about the hinge portion, and

the folded airbag main body comprises;

a deployment portion disposed to face the cover;

a flow-in portion through which the gas flows from the gas introduction portion into the deployment portion; and

a reduction portion disposed to face the gas introduction portion and configured to make the flow-in portion narrower toward a center portion of the main tear line and guide the gas introduced from the gas introduction portion to the center portion of the main tear line.

2. The airbag according to claim 1, wherein the reduction portion is a bellows fold portion formed by tucking the airbag main body at a position facing the gas introduction portion in directions toward opposite ends of the main tear line in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

3. The airbag according to claim 2, wherein

the bellows fold portion includes a plurality of tucked portions tucked in the directions toward opposite ends of the main tear line in the second direction, and

a tucking of any of the plurality of tucked portions extends closer to the center portion of the main tear line than the other tucked portions extend.