AIRBAG DEVICE

• US 20150115583A1
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ashimori Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ashimori Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Azuma, Hidetaka, Imai, Katsunori, Matsuoka, Miwa
• Application Number:
  US14/396,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20150115583A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/740
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23146 seat mounted
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2346 Soft diffusers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/26 characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/276 with means to vent the inflation fluid source, e.g. in case of overpressure B60R21/30 takes precedence; venting means on inflatable member walls B60R21/239

Abstract

A chamber required to be inflated and deployed at an early stage in an airbag is inflated and deployed in advance so as to protect an occupant at an early stage. An airbag device (1A) is provided with an airbag (10A) which protects an occupant (90) in a vehicle by inflation and deployment by gas, and an inflator (3) which supplies the gas to the airbag (10A). The airbag (10A) has a first chamber (20), a gas distribution port (14) provided in the first chamber (20), and a second chamber (30). The first chamber (20) stores an inflator (3) and is inflated by the gas supplied from the inflator (3). The second chamber (30) surrounds a part of the first chamber (20) including the distribution port (14) and is inflated by the gas supplied from the distribution port (14).

Claims

1. An airbag device comprising:

an airbag which protects an occupant in a vehicle upon inflation and deployment thereof by gas; and

an inflator which supplies the gas to the airbag,

wherein the airbag has a first chamber which stores the inflator, the first chamber being inflatable by the gas supplied from the inflator, a gas distribution port provided in the first chamber, and a second chamber which surrounds a part of the first chamber including the distribution port, the second chamber being inflatable by the gas supplied from the distribution port.

2. The airbag device according to claim 1, wherein a part of the first chamber is comprised of an internal inflation portion which inflates inside the second chamber, and an external inflation portion which inflates outside the second chamber, and

wherein the distribution port is provided in the internal inflation portion of the first chamber.

3. The airbag device according to claim 2, wherein the inflator is stored within the internal inflation portion of the first chamber, and is attached to an attaching portion of the vehicle together with the internal inflation portion and the second chamber which overlaps the internal inflation portion.

4. The airbag device according to claim 2, wherein the internal inflation portion of the first chamber is constituted of a tubular portion which stores the inflator.

5. The airbag device according to claim 2, further comprising a check valve which is arranged between the internal inflation portion and the external inflation portion within the first chamber, which allows gas flow from the internal inflation portion to the external inflation portion, and which restricts gas flow from the external inflation portion to the internal inflation portion.

6. The airbag device according to claim 2, further comprising a closing valve which closes the distribution port of the first chamber in a state where the airbag inflates and deploys.

7. The airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the airbag has a vent hole provided in the second chamber, and the gas is discharged only from the vent hole of the second chamber.

8. The airbag device according to claim 7, wherein an area of the vent hole is smaller than an area of the distribution port.

9. The airbag device according to claim 3, wherein the internal inflation portion of the first chamber is constituted of a tubular portion which stores the inflator.

10. The airbag device according to claim 3, further comprising a check valve which is arranged between the internal inflation portion and the external inflation portion within the first chamber, which allows gas flow from the internal inflation portion to the external inflation portion, and which restricts gas flow from the external inflation portion to the internal inflation portion.

11. The airbag device according to claim 4, further comprising a check valve which is arranged between the internal inflation portion and the external inflation portion within the first chamber, which allows gas flow from the internal inflation portion to the external inflation portion, and which restricts gas flow from the external inflation portion to the internal inflation portion.

12. The airbag device according to claim 3, further comprising a closing valve which closes the distribution port of the first chamber in a state where the airbag inflates and deploys.

13. The airbag device according to claim 4, further comprising a closing valve which closes the distribution port of the first chamber in a state where the airbag inflates and deploys.

14. The airbag device according to claim 5, further comprising a closing valve which closes the distribution port of the first chamber in a state where the airbag inflates and deploys.

15. The airbag device according to claim 2, wherein the airbag has a vent hole provided in the second chamber, and the gas is discharged only from the vent hole of the second chamber.

16. The airbag device according to claim 3, wherein the airbag has a vent hole provided in the second chamber, and the gas is discharged only from the vent hole of the second chamber.

17. The airbag device according to claim 4, wherein the airbag has a vent hole provided in the second chamber, and the gas is discharged only from the vent hole of the second chamber.

18. The airbag device according to claim 5, wherein the airbag has a vent hole provided in the second chamber, and the gas is discharged only from the vent hole of the second chamber.

19. The airbag device according to claim 6, wherein the airbag has a vent hole provided in the second chamber, and the gas is discharged only from the vent hole of the second chamber.