Automobile side airbag guide plate

• US 7,607,685 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Issued: 10/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Autoliv Development AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Corporation (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kim, Jung-han, Choi, Kyun-soon, Lee, Dong-jun, Oh, Eun-hwan, Jang, Myung-ryun, Kim, Tae-woo, Yoo, Byoung-sun
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson; Paul N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Coker; Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US11/544,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20070090634A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: 280/728.2, 280/730.2, 280/743.1
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/21518 comprising a lock unlocked during deployment
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/215 characterised by the covers for the inflatable member B60R21/2176 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/217 Inflation fluid source retainers, e.g. reaction canisters; Connection of bags, covers, diffusers or inflation fluid sources therewith or together
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge

Abstract

Provided is an automobile side airbag guide plate including support brackets disposed at both sides of a center pillar, fixed to an inner panel between a roof panel and a head liner, and supporting a lower part of an airbag module, wherein each of the support brackets includes a vertical part fixed to the inner panel between the roof panel and the head liner, and a horizontal support part extending from the vertical part to support the lower part of the airbag module fixed to the inner panel.

Claims

1. An automobile side airbag guide plate comprising an airbag housing having an airbag tube and a door,

wherein the airbag tube is installed in the airbag housing and disposed at a boundary between a center pillar and a head liner,

the door is opened at one side by the deployed airbag tube,

a hollow shock absorption part is formed under the door of the airbag housing, and

a wrinkled part is installed at one side of the shock absorption part to compress the shock absorption part when the airbag tube is deployed,

wherein the shock absorption part has an upper surface, a vertical surface and a curved part connecting the upper and vertical surfaces, wherein the curved part includes the wrinkled part.

2. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 1, wherein the door has a tear line formed at its one end.

3. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 2, wherein an upper surface of the shock absorption part is disposed at a level higher than or equal to an upper end of the center pillar upon deployment of the airbag tube.

4. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 3, wherein the shock absorption part is divided by partition walls.

5. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 4, wherein the head liner has a circular end.

6. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the shock absorption part is disposed higher than or level with an upper end of the center pillar upon deployment of the airbag tube.

7. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 6, wherein the shock absorption part is divided by partition walls.

8. The automobile side airbag guide plate according to claim 7, wherein the head liner has a circular end.