Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120200072 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - A vehicle side airbag apparatus has an inflator that discharges gas when a lateral collision occurs, a side airbag that is formed by sewing a passenger-side base fabric to a vehicle body-side base fabric, that is folded when it is stored and is inflated when gas is supplied from the inflator to be deployed into a space between a passenger seated in a vehicular seat and a vehicle body side portion, and a tether that couples a middle region of the passenger-side base fabric in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle with either a rear region of the passenger-side base fabric or the vehicle body-side base fabric in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and partitions the side airbag into a main chamber, which comes into contact with a lateral portion of the passenger, and a rear chamber, which comes into contact with a rear portion of the passenger, during deployment. | 08-09-2012 |
20130186230 | REARWARD PEDAL MOVEMENT RESTRAINT ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - In a rearward pedal movement restraint assembly for a vehicle, an intermediate portion of a clutch pedal, which moves rearward by the impact of a frontal collision of the vehicle when the frontal collision occurs, contacts a forward portion of a knee panel so that the clutch pedal pivots toward the front of the vehicle so that the amount of rearward movement of the clutch pedal is reduced. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187365 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR PASSENGER'S SEAT - The decorative panel provided at the instrument panel includes the protruding portion that is engaged with the engagement hole of the airbag door, in a state in which the distal end portion protrudes from the rear surface of the airbag door, and the door decorative portion that is formed integrally with the protruding portion and attached to the front surface of the airbag door by engaging the protruding portion with the engagement hole. The protective plate that includes the protective portion covering the distal end portion of the protruding portion from the airbag side is provided at the rear surface of the airbag door. When the airbag is inflated and deployed, the airbag is prevented from interfering with the distal end portion of the protruding portion. | 07-25-2013 |
20130249201 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT KNEE PROTECTION APPARATUS - A vehicle occupant knee protection apparatus is provided in which the front end of an upper bracket is fixed to an instrument panel reinforcement, and a lower bracket and a knee panel are supported by the instrument panel reinforcement via the upper bracket. Thus, the vehicle occupant knee protection apparatus may be attached to the instrument panel reinforcement by, for example, preparing a subassembly by fixing the lower bracket and the knee panel to the upper bracket, and then fixing only the front end of the upper bracket to the instrument panel reinforcement. | 09-26-2013 |
20130328294 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - Lifting up of a side airbag toward a vehicle upper side when there is a side collision is suppressed or prevented. In a side airbag, a tether is provided that divides the side airbag into a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The tether is attached in an attitude that, viewed from a vehicle forward side, is inclined such that a vehicle width direction inner side thereof is higher than the vehicle width direction outer side. A gas jetting aperture is formed at a lower end portion of a diffuser of a gas jetting unit. The gas jetting aperture is disposed in the lower chamber and is oriented toward a lower face of the tether. Therefore, during a process of expansion of the side airbag, gas strikes the lower face of the tether, then strikes portions that have not yet unfolded, and flows downward. | 12-12-2013 |
20140021702 | INSTRUMENT PANEL MODULE - In an instrument panel module, an opening section formed in a frame section of the retainer is closed off by the door main body section of the airbag door, and the door adjacent portion formed in a decorative panel adjacent at the vehicle bottom side of the door main body section. A main body portion of a door adjacent portion is joined to a joining section formed at an upper portion of a hinge member, such that the door adjacent portion is supported by the hinge member so as to be capable of opening towards the vehicle bottom side. First fixing portions are formed to the lower portion of the hinge member, and the first fixing portions are fixed to a top edge portion of the opening section of a glove box provided to the instrument panel base member. | 01-23-2014 |
20140054881 | INFLATOR AND AIRBAG DEVICE - An inflator includes: an inflator case configured from a bottomed cylindrical upper case and lower case, with the inflator case having an upper combustion chamber and a lower combustion chamber in which gas generants are accommodated, the upper combustion chamber and the lower combustion chamber being partitioned by a partition wall, and with the inflator case having a peripheral wall in which upper gas discharge holes and lower gas discharge holes are formed; a first inner cylinder member in which a transfer charge for combusting the gas generant inside the lower combustion chamber is accommodated; a second inner cylinder member whose upper end portion penetrates the partition wall and is positioned in a lower portion of the upper combustion chamber, with a transfer charge for combusting the gas generant inside the upper combustion chamber being accommodated inside the second inner cylinder member; a first igniter and a second igniter. | 02-27-2014 |
20140159354 | SIDE AIRBAG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SIDE AIRBAG - It is provided a side airbag in which a bag thickness can be made thicker, without an undue increase in size. In a side airbag, a side panel formed in a belt shape is sewn to peripheral edge portions of a pair of main panels placed facing each other, whereby an airbag body is formed. A tether disposed inside this airbag body is folded in such a way that both lengthwise direction sides of the tether are aligned in a direction in which the pair of main panels face each other. One long-side edge portion of the tether is sewn to the pair of main panels and to a front portion of the side panel, and both lengthwise direction sides of another long-side edge portion of the tether are superimposed on top of each other and sewn together. | 06-12-2014 |
20140159355 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle side airbag device that is capable of reducing the number of panels for configuring a side airbag. A side airbag of the present side airbag device is configured with bag shaped airbag main body section formed by double folding a single-sheet panel, and stitching together around an outer peripheral edge portion. Moreover a tether section that segments the interior of the airbag main body section into a chest chamber and a hip chamber is also formed by partially folding over, superimposing and stitching the single-sheet panel. | 06-12-2014 |
20140183846 | VEHICLE SEAT PROVIDED WITH SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A seat back board made from resin is fitted to side frames of a seatback frame from a seat rear side. A seat width direction outer side portion of the seat back board is integrally formed with a case portion that houses a side airbag device that is fixed to an outside face of the side frame. The presence of a side wall portion of the case portion suppresses a side airbag from expanding towards the seatback outside in a ball shape during initial inflation. | 07-03-2014 |
20140203542 | VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle side airbag device with a decreased load on the chest of passenger and an increased initial restraining performance resulting from a side airbag. In the side airbag device, a vent hole portion is formed from the stitching portion between a main panel and a side face panel being interrupted at a portion thereof. Flaps provided to the main panel and the side face panel are inserted from the vent hole portion into the chest chamber. The flaps close off the vent hole portion by means of the internal pressure of the chest chamber until the side airbag inflated and deployed between an occupant and a door trim. When the internal pressure of the chest chamber rise by means of chest chamber being compressed between the occupant and the door trim, the flaps are pushed out of an airbag main body portion, and the vent hole portion is opened. | 07-24-2014 |
20150014970 | SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a present side airbag device for a vehicle, a side airbag has a main bag and an inner bag that is disposed within the main bag. When gas for inflation and expansion is supplied from an inflator to an interior of the inner bag, the inner bag, while inflating and expanding, supplies supplied gas to the main bag. Due thereto, the main bag inflates and expands. At a time of this inflation and expansion, internal pressure of the inner bag becomes higher than internal pressure of the main bag. However, the inner bag is structured so as to be positioned further toward a vehicle rear side than a front edge portion of a door-side side portion of a seat back as seen in side view. | 01-15-2015 |