Sensor setup structure

• US 7,695,008 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2005
• Issued: 04/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kase, Fumitoshi, Kuze, Toshiyuki, Sugamata, Yoshihisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming; Faye M.
• Application Number:
  US11/200,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20060043711A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,707 Days
• Field of Search: 280/735, 280/781, 280/785, 280/124.109, 180/311, 180/312
• US Class Current: 280/735
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01006 Mounting of electrical components in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01 Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents electrical circuits for transmission of signals between steering wheel and the vehicle itself B60R16/027; for electrically actuating belt retractor locking means B60R22/343
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/33 Arrangements for non-electric triggering of inflation electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01

Abstract

A sensor setup structure includes a pair of front side frames that are provided on vehicle widthwise opposite sides of a vehicle front part, and extended along a vehicle lengthwise direction, a pair of upper members that are provided to the vehicle widthwise outsides from these front side frames, and extended from respective front pillars on vehicle widthwise opposite sides downwards to the front, a joining frame that joins in the vehicle widthwise direction between the vicinity of front ends of these upper members and the front side frames on the same sides in the vehicle widthwise direction, and satellite sensors of an airbag apparatus which, in plan view, are setup in positions that are to the vehicle widthwise insides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of the respective upper members, and are to the vehicle widthwise outsides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of the respective front side frames.

Claims

1. A sensor setup structure comprising:

a pair of front side frames that are provided on vehicle widthwise opposite sides of a vehicle body front part, and extended along a vehicle lengthwise direction;

a pair of upper members that are provided to the vehicle widthwise outsides from said front side frames, and extended from respective front pillars on vehicle widthwise opposite sides downwards to the front;

a joining frame that joins in the vehicle widthwise direction between the vicinity of front ends of said upper members and said front side frames on the same sides in the vehicle widthwise direction; and

satellite sensors of an airbag apparatus which, in plan view, are setup in positions that are to the vehicle widthwise insides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of said respective upper members, and are to the vehicle widthwise outsides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of said respective front side frames, wherein said satellite sensors are set up on said joining frame.

2. A sensor setup structure according to claim 1, wherein said satellite sensors are set up in positions to the rear from front end surfaces of said joining frames.

3. A sensor setup structure, comprising:

a pair of front side frames that are provided on vehicle widthwise opposite sides of a vehicle body front part, and extend along a vehicle lengthwise direction;

a pair of upper members that are provided to the vehicle widthwise outsides from the front side frames, and extend from respective front pillars on vehicle widthwise opposite sides downwards to the front; and

a joining frame that includes a front end surface extending substantially perpendicularly to the front side frame, and joins, in the vehicle widthwise direction, the front side frame and the upper member at a front end vicinity thereof, wherein

a satellite sensor of an airbag apparatus is set up on the joining frame.

4. A sensor setup structure for a vehicle, comprising:

first and second upper members that extend in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle from respective first and second front pillars toward a front of the vehicle and are disposed on opposite vehicle sides in a widthwise direction of the vehicle;

first and second front side frames that extend in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle and are disposed on opposite vehicle sides in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, wherein the first and second front side frames are disposed medial to the first and second upper members, respectively;

first and second joining frames that extend in the vehicle widthwise direction between front ends of the respective first and second upper members and the respective first and second front side frames; and

first and second satellite sensors of an airbag apparatus which, in plan view, are disposed medial to the respective first and second upper members and lateral to the respective first and second front side frames in the vehicle widthwise direction, wherein the first and second satellite sensors are disposed on said first and second joining frames, respectively.

5. The sensor setup structure according to claim 4, wherein said first and second satellite sensors are rearwardly disposed from front end surfaces of the first and second joining frames, respectively.

6. A sensor setup structure comprising:

a pair of front side frames that are provided on vehicle widthwise opposite sides of a vehicle body front part, and extended along a vehicle lengthwise direction;

a pair of upper members that are provided to the vehicle widthwise outsides from said front side frames, and extended from respective front pillars on vehicle widthwise opposite sides downwards to the front;

a joining frame that joins in the vehicle widthwise direction between the vicinity of front ends of said upper members and said front side frames on the same sides, the joining frame having a front end surface which is substantially perpendicular to the front side frame; and

satellite sensors of an airbag apparatus, that are set up on said joining frame.

7. A sensor setup structure according to claim 6, wherein the satellite sensors, in plan view, are setup in positions that are to the vehicle widthwise insides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of said respective upper members, and are to the vehicle widthwise outsides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of said respective front side frames.

8. A sensor setup structure according to claim 7, wherein said satellite sensors are set up in positions to the rear from the front end surface of said joining frame.