VEHICLE SIDE AIR BAG DEVICE

• US 20150166003A1
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Yusuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,399,439 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23146 seat mounted
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23386 External tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/207 in vehicle seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/23138 specially adapted for side protection B60R21/23184, B60R21/232 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2338 Tethers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/237 characterised by the way they are folded
• 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

Abstract

In a vehicle side air bag device, an air bag is fixed to a side frame portion of a seatback frame via an inflator at a fixed part set in a rear end of a vertically intermediate part. An upper insertion portion into which an upper end of a reaction plate is inserted is formed on an upper-part side in a rear end of the air bag, and a lower insertion portion into which a lower end of the reaction plate is inserted is formed on a lower-part side in the rear end of the air bag. The reaction plate is modularized with the air bag, the inflator, and so on, and is fixed to the side frame portion via the inflator.

Claims

1. A vehicle side air bag device comprising:

a gas generator disposed in a side portion on an outer side, in a vehicle width direction, of a seatback of a vehicle seat and configured to be activated to generate gas for expansion and unfolding;

an elongated member disposed in the side portion in a state where its longitudinal direction is along a height direction of the seatback; and

an air bag disposed in a folded state in the side portion and fixed to a side frame portion of a seatback frame together with the gas generator and the elongated member, the air bag being expanded and unfolded toward a vehicle front side of the side portion when the gas is supplied thereinside, the air bag including an insertion portion provided on an upper side relative to a fixed part to the side frame portion and configured such that the elongated member is inserted therein.

2. The vehicle side air bag device according to claim 1, wherein:

the air bag includes an insertion portion provided on a lower side relative to the fixed part to the side frame portion and configured such that the elongated member is inserted therein.

3. The vehicle side air bag device according to claim 1, wherein:

the insertion portion is formed by attaching a cloth to a base cloth constituting the air bag, and

the elongated member is inserted between the base cloth and the cloth.

4. The vehicle side air bag device according to claim 1, wherein:

the elongated member has a reaction force surface facing a seat front side, so as to support the air bag from a seat rear side by the reaction force surface at the time when the air bag is expanded and unfolded.

5. The vehicle side air bag device according to claim 4, wherein:

the elongated member includes a mounting portion superimposed on an outer side surface of the side frame portion in the vehicle width direction, and a reaction force receiving portion extending outwardly in the vehicle width direction from the mounting portion,

the gas generator is accommodated in the air bag in the folded state in which the air bag is placed on an outer side of the mounting portion in the vehicle width direction and on a vehicle front side of the reaction force receiving portion, and

a stud bolt included in the gas generator penetrates through the air bag, the mounting portion, and the side frame portion so as to be engaged threadedly with a nut.

6. The vehicle side air bag device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a bracket fixed to the side frame portion and extending toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction relative to the side frame portion, wherein;

the elongated member is superimposed on a vehicle front side surface of the bracket,

the gas generator is accommodated in the air bag in the folded state in which the air bag is placed on a vehicle front side of the elongated member, and

a stud bolt included in the gas generator penetrates through the air bag, the elongated member, and the bracket so as to be engaged threadedly with a nut.

7. The vehicle side air bag device according to claim 5, wherein:

the elongated member is temporarily tacked to the side frame portion or the bracket such that a temporal tacking portion provided in the elongated member is engaged with the side frame portion or the bracket.