Vehicle with curtain air bag

• US 7,309,078 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2004
• Issued: 12/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Nagata, Yoshitaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Ilan; Ruth
• Application Number:
  US10/811,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20040188985A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730.2, 280/728.2, 280/808, 280/801.2
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/161 characterised by additional means for controlling deployment trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/24 secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle

Abstract

A vehicle with a curtain air bag includes a roof side rail of the vehicle, the curtain air bag being mounted along said roof side rail, and a seat belt anchor fastened together with the curtain air bag on the roof side rail.

Claims

1. A safety device of a vehicle having a curtain air bag stowed along a roof side rail of the vehicle, comprising:

a mounting bracket to which the curtain air bag is attached and adapted to be attached to the roof side rail and for supporting a seatbelt anchor, such that the mounting bracket underpasses the curtain air bag between the roof side rail and the curtain air bag, the mounting bracket having a rising member that allows deployment of the curtain air bag away from an obstacle provided in a deploying direction of the curtain air bag; and

a mounting part adapted to support the curtain air bag on the roof side rail,

wherein the mounting part and the mounting bracket are attached to the roof side rail as a unit.

2. The safety device of claim 1, wherein the curtain air bag is located above the rising member.

3. A safety device of a vehicle having a curtain air bag stowed along a roof side rail of the vehicle, comprising:

a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to the roof side rail and for supporting a seatbelt anchor such that the mounting bracket underpasses the curtain air bag between the roof side rail and the curtain air bag, the mounting bracket having a rising member that allows deployment of the curtain air bag away from an obstacle provided in a deploying direction of the curtain air bag;

wherein the mounting bracket and the seat belt anchor are attached to the roof side rail by a common fastening member.

4. A safety device of a vehicle having a curtain air bag stowed along a roof side rail of the vehicle, comprising:

a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to the roof side rail and for supporting a seatbelt anchor such that the mounting bracket underpasses the curtain air bag between the roof side rail and the curtain air bag, the mounting bracket having a rising member that allows deployment of the curtain air bag away from an obstacle provided in a deploying direction of the curtain air bag; and

a mounting part adapted to support the curtain air bag on the roof side rail,

wherein the mounting part and the mounting bracket are attached to the roof side rail as a unit, and

wherein the mounting part and the mounting bracket are attached to the roof side rail by a common fastening member.

5. A safety device of a vehicle having a curtain air bag stowed along a roof side rail of the vehicle, comprising:

a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to the roof side rail and for supporting a seatbelt anchor such that the mounting bracket underpasses the curtain air bag between the roof side rail and the curtain air bag, the mounting bracket having a rising member that allows deployment of the curtain air bag away from an obstacle provided in a deploying direction of the curtain air bag,

wherein the mounting bracket has a first end thereof provided with an insertion portion inserted into a fastening hole provided in the roof side rail and a second end thereof fixed to the roof side rail, and the rising member is formed between the first end and the second end.

6. The safety device of claim 5, wherein the mounting bracket has a seatbelt anchor mounting part provided between the rising member and the second end for supporting the seatbelt anchor.

7. The safety device of claim 5, further comprising:

a mounting part adapted to support the curtain air bag on the roof side rail,

wherein the mounting bracket has an air bag mounting part provided between the first end arid the rising member, and the mounting part is attached to the roof side rail with the mounting bracket by a common fastening member.

8. A safety device of a vehicle having a curtain air bag stowed along a roof side rail of the vehicle, comprising:

a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to the roof side rail and for supporting a seatbelt anchor and the curtain air bag, the mounting bracket adapted to extend from a position higher than the curtain air bag to a position lower than the curtain air bag when attached to the roof side rail.

9. The safety device of claim 8, wherein the mounting bracket is provided with a rising member that allows deployment of the curtain air bag away from an obstacle provided in a deploying direction of the curtain air bag, the rising member is provided at a position lower than an air bag mounting part for supporting the curtain air bag.

10. The safety device of claim 9, wherein the air bag mounting part is positioned above the curtain air bag when the mounting bracket is attached to the roof side rail.