FOLDING COMPLETION BODY OF HEAD-PROTECTING AIRBAG

• US 20170282842A1
• Filed: 02/23/2017
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: OKUHARA, Masaaki, KAWAMURA, Koji, SATO, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 9,994,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0048 Head
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/237 characterised by the way they are folded

Abstract

A folding completion body of a head-protecting airbag includes a compressed portion which is compressed to have a small sectional shape in an axis orthogonal direction in the folding completion body is provided in at least one end in a front and rear direction, wherein: the compressed portion is formed in such a manner that a thin-plate folded portion is disposed by folding back an end periphery in the front and rear direction to be directed to a center in the front and rear direction in a state where the head-protecting airbag is flatly deployed, and a folded-up portion in which the lower periphery is brought close to the upper periphery is provided; and the thin-plate folded portion is configured such that a tip extending from a crease is disposed to be positioned on an end side of the gas guidance path in the front and rear direction.

Claims

1. A folding completion body of a head-protecting airbag which is formed in such a manner that the head-protecting airbag, which has a bag shape inflatable to cover an inboard side of a window of a vehicle when an inflation gas flows inside, is folded to be storable on an upper peripheral side of the window by bringing a lower periphery close to an upper periphery in a flatly-deployed state, the folding completion body comprising:

a compressed portion which is compressed to have a small sectional shape in an axis orthogonal direction in the folding completion body is provided in at least one end in a front and rear direction, wherein;

the head-protecting airbag includes;

a protection inflatable portion which covers the inboard side of the window at the time of the inflation completion; and

a gas guidance path which is disposed substantially in the front and rear direction on the upper peripheral side at the time of the inflation completion, and guides the inflation gas into the protection inflatable portion;

the compressed portion is formed in such a manner that a thin-plate folded portion is disposed by folding back an end periphery in the front and rear direction to be directed to a center in the front and rear direction in a state where the head-protecting airbag is flatly deployed, and a folded-up portion in which the lower periphery is brought close to the upper periphery is provided; and

the thin-plate folded portion is configured such that a tip extending from a crease is disposed to be positioned on an end side of the gas guidance path in the front and rear direction.

3. The folding completion body of the head-protecting airbag according to claim 1, wherein:

the protection inflatable portion includes a main inflatable portion, and a sub inflatable portion which communicates with the main inflatable portion and completes an inflation after the main inflatable portion is completely inflated;

the sub inflatable portion is configured to be disposed in at least one end of the head-protecting airbag in the front and rear direction; and

the crease which folds back the thin-plate folded portion or the rod-shaped folded portion is disposed in an area on an end side of the main inflatable portion in the front and rear direction.

4. The folding completion body of the head-protecting airbag according to claim 3, wherein:

the head-protecting airbag includes;

an airbag body; and

a connection member which is made of a sheet material having flexibility and in which a root is coupled to the airbag body and a tip is fixed to a body of the vehicle in a circumferential periphery of the window separate from one end of the airbag body in the front and rear direction;

the airbag body includes a partition portion which partitions the sub inflatable portion and the main inflatable portion and is coupled with the root of the connection member; and

the compressed portion includes the partition portion coupled with the root of the connection member.

2. A folding completion body of a head-protecting airbag which is formed in such a manner that a head-protecting airbag, which has a bag shape inflatable to cover an inboard side of a window of a vehicle when an inflation gas flows inside, is folded to be storable on an upper peripheral side of the window by bringing a lower periphery close to an upper periphery in a flatly-deployed state, the folding completion body comprising:

a compressed portion which is compressed to have a small sectional shape in an axis orthogonal direction in the folding completion body is provided in at least one end in a front and rear direction, wherein;

the head-protecting airbag includes;

a protection inflatable portion which covers the inboard side of the window at the time of the inflation completion; and

a gas guidance path which is disposed substantially in the front and rear direction on the upper peripheral side at the time of the inflation completion, and guides the inflation gas into the protection inflatable portion;

the compressed portion includes a rod-shaped folded portion formed by folding back an end periphery of a vertically-shortened folded airbag in which a lower periphery is brought close to an upper periphery; and

the rod-shaped folded portion is configured such that a tip extending from a crease is disposed to be positioned on an end side of the gas guidance path in the front and rear direction.

5. The folding completion body of the head-protecting airbag according to claim 2, wherein:

the protection inflatable portion includes a main inflatable portion, and a sub inflatable portion which communicates with the main inflatable portion and completes an inflation after the main inflatable portion is completely inflated;

the sub inflatable portion is configured to be disposed in at least one end of the head-protecting airbag in the front and rear direction; and

the crease which folds back the thin-plate folded portion or the rod-shaped folded portion is disposed in an area on an end side of the main inflatable portion in the front and rear direction.

6. The folding completion body of the head-protecting airbag according to claim 5, wherein:

the head-protecting airbag includes;

an airbag body; and

a connection member which is made of a sheet material having flexibility and in which a root is coupled to the airbag body and a tip is fixed to a body of the vehicle in a circumferential periphery of the window separate from one end of the airbag body in the front and rear direction;

the airbag body includes a partition portion which partitions the sub inflatable portion and the main inflatable portion and is coupled with the root of the connection member; and

the compressed portion includes the partition portion coupled with the root of the connection member.