Vehicle occupant protection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10189431-B2
Application number	US-201715467760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2017
Priority date	Apr 8, 2016
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle occupant protection device includes: an airbag structured as a single bag that is configured to cover a head area of a vehicle occupant, the airbag being stowed at a headrest or seatback of a vehicle seat, the airbag receiving a gas supply and inflating and expanding toward a seat front side, and the airbag including a front inflation portion that is configured to be inflated at the seat front relative to the head area and a left and right pair of side inflation portions that are connected to the front inflation portion and configured to be inflated at seat sides relative to the head area; and an opening portion that is provided at the airbag, is configured to cover the head area from the seat front side or a seat side, and is openable after the inflation and expansion of the airbag.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle occupant protection device comprising:
an airbag structured as a single bag that is configured to cover a head area of a vehicle occupant, the airbag being stowed at a headrest or seatback of a vehicle seat, the airbag receiving a gas supply and inflating and expanding toward a seat front side, and the airbag including
a front inflation portion that is configured to be inflated at the seat front relative to the head area, and
a left and right pair of side inflation portions that are connected to the front inflation portion and configured to be inflated at seat sides relative to the head area; and

an opening portion that is provided at the airbag, is configured to cover the head area from the seat front side or a seat side, and is openable after the inflation and expansion of the airbag, wherein
the opening portion includes a plurality of opening hooks at a periphery edge portion thereof, and
the airbag includes opening engaging portions with which the plurality of opening hooks are respectively detachably engaged.

2. The vehicle occupant protection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the airbag is stowed in the headrest or the seatback together with the opening portion in a folded state, and
the plurality of opening hooks are disposed to be staggered such that neighboring the opening hooks do not overlap in the state in which the opening portion is folded.

3. The vehicle occupant protection device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of opening hooks includes a grippable strap.

4. A vehicle occupant protection device comprising:
an airbag structured as a single bag that is configured to cover a head area of a vehicle occupant, the airbag being stowed at a headrest or seatback of a vehicle seat, the airbag receiving a gas supply and inflating and expanding toward a seat front side, and the airbag including
a front inflation portion that is configured to be inflated at the seat front relative to the head area, and
a left and right pair of side inflation portions that are connected to the front inflation portion and configured to be inflated at seat sides relative to the head area;

an opening portion that is provided at the airbag, is configured to cover the head area from the seat front side or a seat side, and is openable after the inflation and expansion of the airbag; and
a connecting cloth that extends in a seat front-rear direction and connects up the airbag in the seat front-rear direction in the inflated and expanded state, the connecting cloth including a connection release hook, at least one of one end portion, and another end portion of the connecting cloth,
wherein the airbag includes a connection release engaging portion with which the connection release hook detachably engages.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Seiji
• Ohmi Masanobu
• Matsumura Yoshiaki
• Sakakibara Kosuke
• Sugie Kazuki
• Kinoshita Misato

Classifications

• B60R2021/23576

  Sewing · CPC title

• B60R21/207 Primary

  in vehicle seats · CPC title

• B60R21/2334

  Expansion control features · CPC title

• B60R21/237

  characterised by the way they are folded · CPC title

• B60R2021/23146

  seat mounted · CPC title