Knee protection airbag device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11267430-B2
Application number	US-202016842958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2020
Priority date	Apr 23, 2019
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A knee protection airbag device includes: an airbag that is folded and stored; an inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the airbag; a case that stores the airbag and the inflator; and an airbag cover covering the folded airbag. The airbag cover includes a door portion that covers a protruding opening and can be opened when the airbag is deployed and inflated, and is attached to a peripheral wall portion of the case around the door portion. A recessed groove through which a harness main body can be inserted is formed at a portion of a peripheral edge of the protruding opening in the case so as to recess an end edge of the peripheral wall portion. A bead for reinforcement at a peripheral edge portion of the recessed groove is formed on the peripheral wall portion so as to surround a periphery of the recessed groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A knee protection airbag device comprising:
an airbag that is folded and stored;
an inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the airbag;
a case that stores the airbag and the inflator; and
an airbag cover covering the folded airbag, wherein:
the case includes a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion having a substantially tubular shape extending from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall portion, and is formed in a substantially box shape having a protruding opening through which the airbag is capable of protruding;
the airbag cover includes a door portion that covers the protruding opening and can be opened when the airbag is deployed and inflated, and is attached to the peripheral wall portion of the case around the door portion;
the inflator includes an inflator main body having a substantially cylindrical shape, and a retainer configured to attach the inflator main body to the case side;
the inflator main body is configured such that a gas discharge port configured to discharge the inflation gas is disposed on one end side along an axial direction, and a connection port portion for connecting a wire harness extending from an airbag operation circuit is disposed on another end side along the axial direction, and is attached to the case by fixing an attachment means arranged so as to protrude from the retainer to a side perpendicular to the axial direction to the bottom wall portion in a state in which an outer peripheral surface thereof is held by the retainer;
the wire harness includes a harness main body and a connector provided on a tip end side of the harness main body;
the inflator main body is stored in the case in a state in which the connector is connected to the connection port portion and the wire harness is connected to the inflator main body;
a recessed groove through which the harness main body can be inserted is formed at a portion of a peripheral edge of the protruding opening in the case so as to recess an end edge of the peripheral wall portion; and
a bead for reinforcement at a peripheral edge portion of the recessed groove is formed on the peripheral wall portion so as to surround a periphery of the recessed groove, wherein:
the peripheral wall portion has a substantially rectangular tubular shape including two long walls arranged along the axial direction of the inflator main body so as to face each other on the side perpendicular to the axial direction of the inflator main body, and two short walls arranged so as to face each other on an axial direction side of the inflator main body;
the airbag cover is configured such that an attachment piece extending from a periphery of the door portion is attached to the long wall; and
the recessed groove is formed in at least one of the short walls.

2. The knee protection airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the two long walls are disposed so as to face each other on an upper-lower direction side; and
the recessed groove is arranged at a position below the connector on a lower edge side of the short wall, and is formed such that an opening end is positioned below a bottom portion of a recess.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Kobayashi Kazuhito
• Ono Minoru
• Hotta Naoki
• Ogata Tetsuya

Classifications

• B60R2021/23169

  specially adapted for knee protection · CPC title

• B60R21/206 Primary

  in the lower part of dashboards, e.g. for protecting the knees · CPC title

• B60R21/231 Primary

  characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration · CPC title

• B60R21/215

  characterised by the covers for the inflatable member {(B60R21/2176 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R21/26

  characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow {(arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10)} · CPC title