In-seat airbag device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12043200-B2
Application number	US-202318122801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2023
Priority date	Mar 23, 2022
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

An in-seat airbag device, includes: an airbag main body having a front-rear chamber that, due to gas jetted from an inflator, expands past a side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is disposed at the side of the head of the passenger, and a distal end chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, wherein the airbag main body is accommodated in a state of having an outwardly-wound portion that is wound outwardly in a form of a roll whose axial direction is a seat vertical direction, after a distal end portion of the distal end chamber is folded-over toward a side opposite a passenger side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An in-seat airbag device comprising:
an airbag main body including:
a front-rear chamber that, due to gas jetted from an inflator that operates due to a collision of a vehicle being detected or predicted, is configured to extend past a side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is configured to be disposed at the side of the head of the passenger;
a distal end chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is configured to be disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger;
an upper tether that joins an expansion direction intermediate portion at an upper end portion of the distal end chamber and an expansion direction intermediate portion at an upper end portion of the front-rear chamber; and
a lower tether that joins an expansion direction intermediate portion at a lower end portion of the distal end chamber and an expansion direction intermediate portion at a lower end portion of the front-rear chamber,

wherein the airbag main body is accommodated in a state of having an outwardly-wound portion that is wound outwardly in a form of a roll whose axial direction is a seat vertical direction, after a distal end portion of the distal end chamber is folded-over toward a side opposite a passenger side.

2. The in-seat airbag device of claim 1 ,
wherein the distal end portion of the distal end chamber is folded-over along an imaginary straight line that connects the expansion direction intermediate portion to which the upper tether is joined and the expansion direction intermediate portion to which the lower tether is joined.

3. The in-seat airbag device of claim 2 , wherein the imaginary straight line extends along the seat vertical direction.

4. The in-seat airbag device of claim 3 , wherein the airbag main body has a bellows portion that is folded-up in a form of bellows and is continuous with the outwardly-wound portion at an expansion direction upstream side thereof.

5. The in-seat airbag device of claim 2 , wherein the imaginary straight line extends along a seat frontward and downward direction.

6. The in-seat airbag device of claim 5 , wherein the airbag main body has a bellows portion that is folded-up in a form of bellows and is continuous with the outwardly-wound portion at an expansion direction upstream side thereof.

7. The in-seat airbag device of claim 5 , wherein, at the distal end chamber, the expansion direction intermediate portion to which the lower tether is joined is positioned further toward the front side than the expansion direction intermediate portion to which the upper tether is joined.

8. The in-seat airbag device of claim 5 , wherein the lower tether is smaller than the upper tether.

9. The in-seat airbag device of claim 2 , wherein the airbag main body has a bellows portion that is folded-up in a form of bellows and is continuous with the outwardly-wound portion at an expansion direction upstream side thereof.

10. The in-seat airbag device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the upper tether or the lower tether is in the form of a thin cloth.

11. The in-seat airbag device of claim 10 , wherein, in a plan view, the upper tether forms a substantially right triangular shape having a hypotenuse that is a rectilinear rear end edge portion and joins the expansion direction intermediate portion at the upper end portion of the distal end chamber and the expansion direction intermediate portion at the upper end portion of the front-rear chamber.

12. The in-seat airbag device of claim 11 , wherein the upper tether and the lower tether are formed to be the same size.

13. The in-seat airbag device of claim 11 , wherein a peripheral edge portion of the upper tether, which is other than the rear end edge portion, is attached by sewing to the upper end portion of the front-rear chamber and the upper end portion of the distal end chamber, from the expansion direction intermediate portion at the upper end portion of the front-rear chamber to the expansion direction intermediate portion at the upper end portion of the distal end chamber.

14. The in-seat airbag device of claim 11 , wherein a peripheral edge portion of the lower tether is attached by sewing to the lower end portion of the front-rear chamber and the lower end portion of the distal end chamber, from the expansion direction intermediate portion at the lower end portion of the front-rear chamber to the expansion direction intermediate portion at the lower end portion of the distal end chamber.

15. The in-seat airbag device of claim 10 , wherein, in a bottom view, the lower tether forms a substantially right triangular shape whose hypotenuse is a rear end edge portion that is rectilinear and that joins the expansion direction intermediate portion at the lower end portion of the distal end chamber and the expansion direction intermediate portion at the lower end portion of the front-rear chamber.

16. The in-seat airbag device of claim 15 , wherein the upper tether and the lower tether are formed to be the same size.

17. The in-seat airbag device of claim 11 , wherein a peripheral edge portion of the upper tether is attached by sewing to the upper end portion of the front-rear chamber and the upper end portion of the distal end chamber, from the expansion direction intermediate portion at the upper end portion of the front-rear chamber to the expansion direction intermediate portion at the upper end portion of the distal end chamber.

18. The in-seat airbag device of claim 15 , wherein a peripheral edge portion of the lower tether, which is other than the rear end edge portion, is attached by sewing to the lower end portion of the front-rear chamber and the lower end portion of the distal end chamber, from the expansion direction intermediate portion at the lower end portion of the front-rear chamber to the expansion direction intermediate portion at the lower end portion of the distal end chamber.

19. The in-seat airbag device of claim 1 , wherein the airbag main body has a bellows portion that is folded-up in a form of bellows and is continuous with the outwardly-wound portion at an expansion direction upstream side thereof.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohno Mitsuyoshi
• Iwama Toshiki
• Yamamoto Takeshi
• Hotta Masashi
• Kusuhara Yoshito

Classifications

• B60R2021/23153

  specially adapted for rear seat passengers · CPC title

• B60R21/231

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

• B60R21/207 Primary

  in vehicle seats · CPC title

• B60R2021/0048

  Head · CPC title

• B60R2021/2078

  in rear seats · CPC title