Airbag and airbag apparatus

• US 9,555,764 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2015
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company), Joyson Safety Systems Japan GK
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company), Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tosa, Yoshiyuki, Hiruta, Teruhiko, Maruoka, Mitsuo, Yoshikawa, Hiromichi, Nagai, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Ilan, Ruth
• Application Number:
  US14/966,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20160167615A1
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23382 Internal tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2395 comprising means to control the venting
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2342 Tear seams
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means

Abstract

An airbag includes an airbag body formed by joining front and rear panels, an inlet of pressurized fluid, a vent hole communicating inside and outside of the airbag body, a regulation portion regulating discharge of the pressurized fluid from the vent hole and a coupling portion temporarily joining the front and rear panels. The inlet and the vent hole are formed on the rear panel. The regulation portion includes a connecting member, a vent hole cover and a link member. The connecting member regulates a thickness of the airbag body in the inflated state. The vent hole cover covers the vent hole and has one end portion supported by the rear panel and the other end portion joined to the coupling portion. The link member has one end portion joined to the vent hole cover and the other end portion joined to the connecting member.

Claims

1. An airbag comprising:

an airbag body that is formed in a bag shape by joining a peripheral edge of a passenger-facing surface facing a passenger in an inflated state and a peripheral edge of a passenger-opposite surface opposite to the passenger-facing surface in the inflated state;

an inlet of pressurized fluid that is formed on the passenger-opposite surface;

a vent hole that is formed on the passenger-opposite surface and that is configured to communicate inside and outside of the airbag body;

a regulation portion that is provided inside of the airbag body and that is configured to regulate discharge of the pressurized fluid from the vent hole; and

a coupling portion that is configured to temporarily join the passenger-facing surface and the passenger-opposite surface and that is breakable,

wherein the regulation portion comprises;

a connecting member that is configured to regulate a thickness of the airbag body in the inflated state;

a vent hole cover that is configured to cover the vent hole and that has one end portion which is supported by the passenger-opposite surface and an other end portion which is joined to the coupling portion; and

a link member that has one end portion which is joined to the vent hole cover and the other end portion which is joined to the connecting member, and

wherein the link member is supported by a support portion which is provided on the opposite side of a portion where the vent hole cover is supported by the passenger-opposite surface, with respect to the vent hole.

2. The airbag according to claim 1,

wherein the regulation portion further comprises:

a holding member that has one end portion and an other end portion, the one end portion being supported on the passenger-opposite surface, and a portion near the other end portion being positioned so as to cover a part of the other end portion of the vent hole cover,

wherein the support portion is provided near the other end portion of the holding member.

3. An airbag apparatus comprising:

the airbag according to claim 1; and

an inflator that introduces pressurized fluid into the airbag.