AIRBAG DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND AIRBAG CUSHION FOR AN AIRBAG DEVICE

• US 20190225183A1
• Filed: 08/25/2017
• Published: 07/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: GARNIER, Sebastien, ALENSPACH, Guillaume, DELAUNAY, Fabrice, HOUESSOU, Jules
• Granted Patent: US 10,870,408 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0006 Lateral collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0018 Roll-over
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23146 seat mounted
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23161 specially adapted for protecting at least two passengers, e.g. preventing them from hitting each other
• 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 21/264 using instantaneous generation of gas, e.g. pyrotechnic B60R21/268 takes precedence

Abstract

An airbag apparatus for a motor vehicle, which can be arranged on and attached to a seat frame, and which is designed to protect the head and thorax of a passenger in the event of a side impact or vehicle rollover includes a gas generator and an airbag cushion. The gas generator and the airbag cushion are connected to each other. The airbag apparatus can be arranged on and attached to a first side of the seat frame. The airbag apparatus has a first traction element attached by a first end thereof to a central region of the airbag cushion.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. An airbag apparatus for a motor vehicle, which can be arranged on and attached to a seat frame of a vehicle seat for protecting a head and a thorax of a passenger in an event of a side impact or vehicle rollover, the airbag apparatus comprising:

a gas generator;

an airbag cushion;

wherein the gas generator and the airbag cushion are connected to each other, and wherein the airbag apparatus is arrangable on a first side of the seat frame, and

wherein the airbag apparatus includes a first traction element which is attached by a first end thereof to a central region of the airbag cushion.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the first traction element is attached by the first end thereof in a rear part of the central region of the airbag cushion.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the first traction element is attached by the first end thereof near to a retaining means in a rear part of the central region of the airbag cushion.

22. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the first traction element can be arranged on and attached to a second, opposite side of the seat frame, by a second end thereof.

23. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the a central region of the airbag cushion forms a recessed central region when the airbag apparatus is deployed and the airbag cushion is inflated.

24. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the airbag cushion includes a frontal region, the frontal region having a thickness greater than the central region of the airbag cushion when the airbag apparatus is deployed and the airbag cushion is inflated.

25. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the airbag apparatus has a second traction element and a third traction element, each of the first and second traction elements attached by the first end thereof to a frontal region of the airbag cushion.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the second traction element and the third traction element are arranged on and attached to the first side of the seat frame by a second end thereof.

27. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the second traction element is arranged above the first traction element, and the third traction element is arranged below the first traction element.

28. The apparatus according to claim 19, in combination with the vehicle seat.

30. The airbag cushion according to claim 23, wherein the first traction element is attached by the first end thereof in a rear part of the central region of the airbag cushion.

31. The airbag cushion according to claim 30, wherein the first traction element is attached by the first end thereof near to a retaining means in a rear part of the central region of the airbag cushion.

29. An airbag cushion for an automotive airbag apparatus for attachment to a seat frame of a vehicle seat, the airbag cushion for protecting a passenger'"'"'s head and thorax in an event of a side impact or vehicle rollover, the airbag cushion comprising:

a first traction element attached by a first end thereof to a central region of the airbag cushion,

wherein the airbag cushion can be arranged on and attached to a first side of the seat frame.

32. The airbag cushion according to claim 29, wherein the first traction element can be arranged on and attached to a second, opposite side of the seat frame, by a second end thereof.

33. The airbag cushion according to claim 29, wherein the airbag cushion is designed in such a manner that the central region of the airbag cushion forms a recessed central region when the airbag cushion is inflated.

34. The airbag cushion according to claim 29, wherein the airbag cushion includes a frontal region having a thickness greater than the central region of the airbag cushion when the airbag cushion is inflated.

35. The airbag cushion according to claim 29, wherein the airbag cushion has a second traction element and a third traction element, each of the first and second traction elements attached by the first end thereof to a frontal region of the airbag cushion.

36. The airbag cushion according to claim 35, wherein the second traction element and the third traction element can each be arranged on and attached to the first side of the seat frame by a second end thereof.

37. The airbag cushion according to claim 35, wherein the second traction element is arranged above the first traction element, and the third traction element is arranged below the first traction element.

38. The airbag cushion according to claim 37, in combination with the vehicle seat.