Airbag apparatus

• US 8,240,705 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2010
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Original Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishida, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): TO, TOAN C
• Application Number:
  US12/805,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20110101655A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 280/729, 280/738, 280/743.1, 280/743.2
• US Class Current: 280/729
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23115 with inflatable support compartments creating an internal suction volume
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/233 comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other B60R21/232 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means

Abstract

An airbag is composed a first airbag which is formed in a manner that a plurality of frame bodies of a substantially same triangle ring shape are horizontally aligned with respective central space portions of the frame bodies communicated with each other and connected with no gap, and a second airbag which is formed in a manner that the central space portions of the air bag body are blocked with blocking members. When the first airbag is deployed and inflated with gas generated by an inflator in a triangle ring shape upon a collision, air from the atmosphere is taken in to the central space portions of the first airbag from check valves and intake-exhaust holes, and the second air bag is deployed and inflated by using the airbag body as an outer frame and retaining the air inside thereof.

Claims

1. An airbag apparatus, comprising:

a gas generator that generates a gas upon a vehicle collision;

a first airbag that is inflated in a frame shape with the generated gas; and

a second airbag that is inflated by taking in atmosphere upon the inflation of the first airbag and is formed by using the first airbag as an outer frame and retaining the atmosphere inside the first airbag.

2. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second airbag comprises a check valve that allows only intake of air from the atmosphere upon the inflation of the first airbag.

3. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second airbag comprises an intake-exhaust hole that performs intake and exhaust of air from the atmosphere.

4. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of frame bodies with a substantially same triangle ring shape are aligned with respective central space portions communicated with each other and connected with no gap.

5. The airbag apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second airbag is formed by blocking central space portions of the plurality of aligned ring-shaped frame bodies of the first airbag.

6. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first airbag comprises a plurality of frame bodies with a substantially same triangle ring shape.

7. The airbag apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the frame bodies are aligned with central space portions of the frame bodies communicated with each other.

8. The airbag apparatus according to claim 6, wherein one of the plurality of frame bodies abuts another one of the plurality of frame bodies.

9. The airbag apparatus according to claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of frame bodies abuts an adjacent one of the plurality of frame bodies.

10. The airbag apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

blocking members that block central space portions of the frame bodies to form the second air bag.

11. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frame shape has a triangular ring shape.

12. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, upon the vehicle collision a deformation of the frame shape of the first airbag generates a spring force.

13. The airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generated gas inflates only the first airbag.