VEHICLE BODY EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAG SYSTEM

• US 20170050604A1
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Maeda, Kento, Ishizuka, Yuji, Shimizu, Taro
• Granted Patent: US 9,981,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge

Abstract

A vehicle body 10 equipped with an airbag system has a side curtain airbag 20 provided on a roof side rail 12. The side curtain airbag 20 includes: a bag body 51 that is disposed along the roof side rail 12; a central protector 59 that holds the bag body 51; and an inflator 52 that is configured to feed gas to the bag body 51. The central protector 59 has a contact end part 65 that is opposed to a reinforcement member 48 with a gap L2 left therebetween. The contact end part 65 is moved toward the reinforcement member 48 by a deployment force of the bag body 51, and the contact end part 65 is thus supported by the reinforcement member 48.

Claims

1. A vehicle body equipped with an airbag device, comprising:

a wall part of said vehicle body to which said airbag device is installed;

a bag body that is disposed along said wall part of said vehicle

body;

an in flat or that is configured to feed gas to said bag body and deploy said bag body with the gas thus fed; and

a protector with a deformable body that holds said bag body so as to receive a deployment force of said bag body, the protector comprising an edge part located on an inner side in a vehicle widthwise direction, the edge part facing toward a portion of said wall part and being movable toward said wall part, wherein

said protector is configured to leave a gap between the edge part thereof and said wall part when installed to said wall part, and

when said bag body is deployed, said protector is capable of deformation upon receiving the deployment force of said bag body such that said edge part moves and becomes in contact with said wall part, thereby causing the said wall part to support the protector along with said airbag body that is being deployed.

2. The vehicle body equipped with the airbag device according to claim 1, wherein

said wall part of the vehicle body comprises:

a side panel; and

an upper panel that has said portion of said wall part to contact and support said edge part of said protector when said bag body is deployed, and

said protector is mounted on said side panel.

3. The vehicle body equipped with the airbag device according to claim 1, wherein said protector comprises:

said edge part;

a receiving part that is provided outside said edge part in the vehicle widthwise direction and configured to hold said bag body when it is deployed; and

a curve part that is formed between said receiving part and said edge part and connects said receiving part and said edge part to each other.

4. The vehicle body equipped with the airbag device according to claim 3, wherein

said vehicle body includes a body component that is provided inside said airbag device in the vehicle widthwise direction, and

said body component has a mounting part that is disposed inside said airbag device in the vehicle widthwise direction so as to be adjacent to said airbag device with a clearance therebetween and that is fastened to said vehicle body with a fastening member.