Curtain airbag device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12420737-B2
Application number	US-202418594823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2024
Priority date	Mar 20, 2023
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A curtain airbag device includes an airbag including, on one end side in a vehicle front-rear direction, an inflation portion configured to be inflated by a gas, and a non-inflation region into which the gas does not flow. In a state where the airbag is inflated and deployed, the non-inflation region covers a part of an opening among the plurality of openings, and the inflation portion is disposed to surround the non-inflation region, the opening being located at endmost in a vehicle longitudinal direction. In a case where an impactor strikes the opening located at the endmost, the impactor comes into contact with the non-inflation region, and a lower inflation portion of the inflation portion is sandwiched between a lower end of the impactor and the interior materials of the vehicle side portion, the lower inflation portion being located on a vehicle lower side of the non-inflation region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A curtain airbag device to be attached to a roof side rail of a vehicle, and to be inflated and deployed to cover three openings partitioned by the roof side rail and interior materials of a vehicle side portion, the curtain airbag device comprising:
an inflator configured to generate gas;
an airbag including, on one end side in a vehicle front-rear direction:
an inflation portion configured to be inflated by the gas;
a non-inflation region into which the gas does not flow, the non-inflation region having a two-dimensional shape when viewed from a vehicle interior side formed by a plurality of sides surrounding the non-inflation region such that an inflation capacity of the airbag device is reduced; and
at least one fixing member located on an upper portion of the airbag, the fixing member being configured to fix the airbag to the roof side rail,

wherein, in a state where the airbag is inflated and deployed, the non-inflation region covers a part of an endmost opening among the three openings, and the inflation portion is disposed to surround the non-inflation region, the endmost opening being the opening of the three openings located closest to an end of the vehicle in a vehicle longitudinal direction,
two sides of the plurality of sides surrounding the non-inflation region are longer than 176.8 mm;
the inflation portion surrounds the non-inflation region, and the inflation portion includes a lower inflation portion located directly below the non-inflation region; and
in a case where an impactor strikes the endmost opening, the impactor comes into contact with the non-inflation region, and the lower inflation portion of the inflation portion is sandwiched between a lower end of the impactor and the interior materials of the vehicle side portion.

2. The curtain airbag device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the airbag further comprises
an outer peripheral joint portion defining a part of an outer edge shape of the inflation portion; and
an inner side joint portion connecting the outer peripheral joint portion and the non-inflation region,

wherein the inner side joint portion connects a portion of the outer peripheral joint portion located closest to the end of the vehicle in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the non-inflation region.

3. A curtain airbag device to be attached to a roof side rail of a vehicle, and to be inflated and deployed to cover a three openings partitioned by the roof side rail and interior materials of a vehicle side portion, the curtain airbag device comprising:
an inflator configured to generate gas;
an airbag including, on one end side in a vehicle front-rear direction:
an inflation portion configured to be inflated by the gas;
a non-inflation region into which the gas does not flow, the non-inflation region having a two-dimensional shape when viewed from a vehicle interior side formed by a plurality of sides surrounding the non-inflation region such that an inflation capacity of the airbag device is reduced; and
at least one fixing member located on an upper portion of the airbag, the fixing member being configured to fix the airbag to the roof side rail,

wherein, in a state where the airbag is inflated and deployed, the non-inflation region covers a part of an endmost opening among the three openings, and the inflation portion is disposed to surround the non-inflation region, the endmost opening being the opening of the three openings located closest to an end of the vehicle in a vehicle longitudinal direction,
two sides of the plurality of sides surrounding the non-inflation region are longer than 176.8 mm; and
in a case where an impactor strikes the endmost opening, the impactor comes into contact with the non-inflation region, and
in a state where the airbag is deployed and is not inflated, a length, in a vehicle vertical direction, of the lower inflation portion of the inflation portion is 15% or more of a length, in the vehicle vertical direction, of the endmost opening.

4. The curtain airbag device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the airbag further comprises
an outer peripheral joint portion defining a part of an outer edge shape of the inflation portion; and
an inner side joint portion connecting the outer peripheral joint portion and the non-inflation region,

wherein the inner side joint portion connects a portion of the outer peripheral joint portion located closest to the end of the vehicle in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the non-inflation region.

5. A curtain airbag device to be attached to a roof side rail of a vehicle, and to be inflated and deployed to cover three openings partitioned by the roof side rail and interior materials of a vehicle side portion, the curtain airbag device comprising:
an inflator configured to generate gas;
an airbag including, on one end side in a vehicle front-rear direction:
an inflation portion configured to be inflated by the gas;
a non-inflation region into which the gas does not flow, the non-inflation region having a two-dimensional shape when viewed from a vehicle interior side formed by a plurality of sides surrounding the non-inflation region such that an inflation capacity of the airbag device is reduced; and
at least one fixing member located on an upper portion of the airbag, the fixing member being configured to fix the airbag to the roof side rail,

wherein, in a state where the airbag inflates and deploys, the non-inflation region covers a part of an endmost opening among the three openings, and the inflation portion is disposed to surround the non-inflation region, the endmost opening being the opening of the three openings located closest to an end of the vehicle in a vehicle longitudinal direction,
two sides of the plurality of sides surrounding the non-inflation region are longer than 176.8 mm;
the inflation portion surrounds the non-inflation region; and the inflation portion includes a lower inflation portion located directly below the non-inflation region
in a case where an impactor strikes the endmost opening, the impactor comes into contact with the non-inflation region, and the inflation portion includes, closer to an end than the non-inflation region, a stopper portion bent and sandwiched between opposing edge portions, in a vehicle vertical direction, of the interior materials, and
in a state where the airbag is inflated and deployed and before the impactor strikes, a length, in the vehicle vertical direction, of the stopper portion is longer than a distance, in the vehicle vertical direction, between the opposing edge portions of the interior materials.

6. The curtain airbag device according to claim 5 ,
wherein in the state where the airbag is inflated and deployed and before the impactor strikes, a sum of a thickness, in a vehicle width direction, of an upper portion of the stopper portion and a thickness, in the vehicle width direction, of a lower portion of the stopper portion is longer than the distance, in the vehicle vertical direction, between the opposing edge portions of the interior materials.

7. The curtain airbag device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the inflation portion includes a joint portion that partitions the stopper portion, and
the stopper portion is bent at the joint portion.

8. The curtain airbag device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the airbag further comprises
an outer peripheral joint portion defining a part of an outer edge shape of the inflation portion; and
an inner side joint portion connecting the outer peripheral joint portion and the non-inflation region,

wherein the inner side joint portion connects a portion of the outer peripheral joint portion located closest to the end of the vehicle in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the n

Assignees

• Ashimori Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Minami Yuta
• Hamada Tetsuro
• Kato Masanori

Classifications

• B60R21/213 Primary

  in vehicle roof frames or pillars · CPC title

• B60R2021/23316

  Inner seams, e.g. creating separate compartments or used as tethering means · CPC title

• B60R21/232 Primary

  Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge · CPC title