Side airbag for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9056591-B2
Application number	US-201214374347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2012
Priority date	Feb 1, 2012
Publication date	Jun 16, 2015
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015

Abstract

In a present side airbag device for a vehicle, a side airbag has a main bag and an inner bag that is disposed within the main bag. When gas for inflation and expansion is supplied from an inflator to an interior of the inner bag, the inner bag, while inflating and expanding, supplies supplied gas to the main bag. Due thereto, the main bag inflates and expands. At a time of this inflation and expansion, internal pressure of the inner bag becomes higher than internal pressure of the main bag. However, the inner bag is structured so as to be positioned further toward a vehicle rear side than a front edge portion of a door-side side portion of a seat back as seen in side view.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A side airbag device for a vehicle, the side airbag device comprising:
an inflator configured to be supported at a side frame disposed within a side portion of a seat bag, and that supplies gas for inflation and expansion; and
a side airbag that has
(i) a main bag, that is stored in a folded-up state within the side portion and that inflates and expands toward a vehicle front side of the side portion at a time when the gas for inflation and expansion is supplied thereto, and
(ii) an inner bag, (a) that is disposed within the main bag, (b) that supplies supplied gas to the main bag while inflating and expanding due to the gas for inflation and expansion being supplied from the inflator to the inner bag, (c) that, at a time of inflation and expansion, is positioned further toward a vehicle rear side than a front edge portion of the side portion as seen in side view, and (d) that includes an upper portion side which is closed-off.

2. The side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein
a sewn portion of a seat skin, that receives inflation pressure of the side airbag and splits, is provided at a front portion side of the side portion,
due to the sewn portion splitting, an opening portion for inflating and expanding the main bag is formed at a front surface side of the side portion, and
a shape of the inner bag is set such that, at the time of inflation and expansion, the inner bag is positioned further toward the vehicle rear side than the opening portion.

3. The side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the inner bag is set such that the inner bag inflates and expands within the side portion.

4. The side airbag device of claim 1 ,
wherein an interior of the main bag is sectioned into a chest region chamber configured to restrain a chest region of a passenger and a lumbar region chamber configured to restrain a lumbar region of the passenger, and
the inner bag is provided at the chest region chamber, communicates with the chest region chamber via a communication hole, and communicates with the lumbar region chamber via an inner tube.

5. The side airbag device of claim 4 , wherein the inner tube structures a check valve that closes-off due to internal pressure of the lumbar region chamber rising to a value that is greater than or equal to a set value.

6. The side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the main bag is set such that a longitudinal direction dimension of an upper portion side of the main bag is smaller than a longitudinal direction dimension of a lower portion side of the main bag, in a case of viewing an inflated and expanded state in side view.

7. The side airbag device of claim 1 ,
wherein a communication hole, that communicates an interior of the main bag and an interior of the inner bag, is formed at a lower portion side of the inner bag.

8. The side airbag device of claim 1 ,
wherein communication holes, that communicate an interior of the main bag and an interior of the inner bag, are formed adjacent to the upper portion side and at a lower portion side of the inner bag, and
in a folded-up state of the main bag, the upper portion side of the inner bag is folded in two in a vehicle transverse direction.

9. The side airbag device of claim 8 , wherein, in the folded-up state of the main bag, the upper portion side of the inner bag is folded in two toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side.

Assignees

• Fujiwara Yusuke
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujiwara Yusuke

Classifications

• B60R21/2346

  Soft diffusers · CPC title

• B60R21/23138 Primary

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

• B60R2021/23146

  seat mounted · CPC title

• B60R2021/23332

  using independent bags, one within the other · CPC title

• B60R21/233

  comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other (B60R21/232 takes precedence) · CPC title