Self standing center side airbag

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10023147-B2
Application number	US-201715474435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Nov 1, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A self standing center side airbag includes: an airbag cushion configured to be located at a side of an interior facing side of a seat back; a first through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion and be located at a back with respect to a central line that bisects the airbag cushion in a front and back direction; a second through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion and be located at a front with respect to the central line that bisects the airbag cushion in the front and back direction; and a tether configured to penetrate through the first through hole and the second through hole and have both ends fixed at the seat back side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A self standing center side airbag, comprising:
an airbag cushion configured to be located at a side of an interior facing side of a seat back;
a first through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion, the first through hole located at a back with respect to a central line that bisects the airbag cushion in a front and back direction;
a second through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion, the second through hole located at a front with respect to the central line that bisects the airbag cushion in the front and back direction; and
a tether configured to penetrate through the first through hole and the second through hole and have both ends fixed at the seat back side.

2. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , further comprising:
an inflator configured to supply gas from a lower end portion of the airbag cushion into the airbag cushion.

3. The self standing center side airbag of claim 2 , wherein the both ends of the tether are fixed to the inflator.

4. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , wherein the tether includes:
a first section corresponding to a section from the seat back to the first through hole;
a second section corresponding to a section from the first through hole to the second through hole; and
a third section corresponding to a section from the second through hole to the seat back, and
a length of the tether is a sum of lengths of the first section to the third section and is constant.

5. The self standing center side airbag of claim 4 , wherein the length of the tether is formed to be shorter than a sum of the section from the seat back of the airbag cushion to the first through hole, the section from the first through hole to the second through hole, and the section from the second through hole to the seat back.

6. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , wherein the both ends of the tether are fixed at the seat back side and penetrate through the first through hole from a passenger side of the airbag cushion toward a center console and penetrate through the second through hole from the center console toward the passenger to be fixed to the seat back.

7. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , wherein the first through hole is located above a height of a passenger's shoulder.

8. The self standing center side airbag of claim 7 , wherein the second through hole is located above the first through hole and is located at a front end portion of the airbag cushion.

9. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , wherein a predetermined area of the airbag cushion including the first through hole is provided with a non-expansion part.

10. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bending part formed between the first through hole and the second through hole.

11. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , further comprising:
an extending support part configured to be located at a center console side of the airbag cushion, bent toward the center console side, and provided so that a bending line coincides with a front outline of the airbag cushion,
wherein the second through hole is located at a front end portion of the extending support part.

12. The self standing center side airbag of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third through hole configured to be located between the first through hole and the second through hole and to be located above the first through hole and the second through hole,
wherein the tether sequentially penetrates through the first through hole, the third through hole, and the second through hole and the both ends of the tether are fixed to the seat back side.

13. The self standing center side airbag of claim 12 , wherein the tether sequentially penetrates through the first through hole, the third through hole, and the second through hole and is fixedly coupled to the first through hole.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kwon Hyock In

Classifications

• B60R21/207 Primary

  in vehicle seats · CPC title

• B60R21/23138 Primary

  specially adapted for side protection (B60R21/23184, B60R21/232 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R2021/161

  characterised by additional means for controlling deployment trajectory · CPC title

• B60R21/216

  comprising tether means for limitation of cover motion during deployment · CPC title

• B60R2021/23386

  External tether means · CPC title