Air bag module

• US 6,135,492 A
• Filed: 02/09/1999
• Issued: 10/24/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Autoliv Development AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Meyenbrock, Ludger B., Jokuszies, Michael Heinz, Zimmerbeutel, Bernd Uwe
• Primary Examiner(s): Rice, Kenneth R.
• Application Number:
  US09/246,459
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730.2, 280/728.2
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2617 Curtain bag nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge
• 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

An air bag module (10) for attachment to the roof of a motor vehicle comprising a longitudinally extending air bag (12) which is securable to the roof; an inflator (14) which is securable to the roof adjacent the air bag; and a longitudinally extending conduit (16) positioned inside the air bag, extending through an opening (26) in the air bag, and attached at one end (28,48) to the inflator, the conduit having a number of apertures (42) formed therein at predetermined positions along its length for the discharge of inflator gas from the inflator into the air bag.

Claims

1. An air bag module for attachment to the roof of a motor vehicle comprising:

a longitudinally extending air bag which is securable in direct mounting relation to the roof by a plurality of mounting apertures integral to the air bag and disposed along the length of the air bag, the air bag having an air bag opening;

an inflator which is securable to the roof adjacent the air bag; and

a longitudinally extending conduit positioned inside the air bag and extending through the air bag opening, the conduit having one end attached to the inflator, the conduit having a number of apertures formed therein at predetermined positions along its length for the discharge of inflator gas from the inflator into the air bag.

2. The air bag module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conduit is attached at the one end to the inflator by a screw thread connection.

3. The air bag module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conduit is attached at the one end to the inflator by a push-fit connection.

4. The air bag module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air bag opening is tubular and makes a close fit with the conduit.

5. The air bag module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the attachment of the conduit to the inflator is positioned in the tubular air bag opening.

6. The air bag module as claimed in claim 1 wherein the air bag includes a heat shield positioned adjacent the opening.

7. The air bag module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apertures in the conduit have a predetermined diameter.

8. An air bag module for attachment to the roof of a motor vehicle comprising:

a longitudinally extending air bag which is securable in direct mounting relation to the roof by a plurality of mounting apertures integral to the air bag and disposed along the length of the air bag, the air bag having an air bag opening;

an inflator which is securable to the roof adjacent the air bag;

a longitudinally extending conduit positioned inside the air bag and extending through the air bag opening, the conduit having one end attached to the inflator, the conduit having a number of apertures formed therein at predetermined positions along its length for the discharge of inflator gas from the inflator into the air bag; and

the air bag opening being tubular and closely fitting with the conduit, and the attachment of the conduit to the inflator being positioned in the tubular air bag opening.

9. The air bag module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the conduit is attached at the one end to the inflator by a screw thread connection.

10. The air bag module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the conduit is attached at the one end to the inflator by a push-fit connection.

11. The air bag module as claimed in claim 8 wherein the air bag includes a heat shield positioned adjacent the opening.