Side airbag device-installed vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9862345-B2
Application number	US-201615365130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Feb 10, 2016
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A side airbag device-installed vehicle seat including: an inner bag section that extends out from a side airbag main body, past a seat front of a side frame, and to a seat width direction inner side of the side frame, and that inflates within a side section of a seatback when an internal portion of the inner bag section in communication with an inside of the side airbag main body is supplied with gas from a gas generator; and a reaction force member including a fixing portion that is fixed to the side frame, and a reaction force application portion that is interposed between the inner bag section and the side frame at the seat width direction inner side of the side frame and that applies reaction force to the inner bag section during inflation, the inner bag section being anchored to the reaction force application portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A side airbag device-installed vehicle seat comprising:
a seat frame that is configured including a side frame provided inside a side section of a seatback, and that is covered by a seat pad;
a side airbag main body that is stored inside the side section at a seat width direction outer side of the side frame, that is fixed to the side frame using a gas generator housed inside the side airbag main body, and that receives a supply of gas from the gas generator and inflates and deploys toward a seat front side of the side section;
an inner bag section that extends out from the side airbag main body, past a seat front of the side frame, and to a seat width direction inner side of the side frame, and that inflates within the side section when an internal portion of the inner bag section in communication with an inside of the side airbag main body is supplied with gas from the gas generator; and
a reaction force member including a fixing portion that is fixed to the side frame, and a reaction force application portion that is interposed between the inner bag section and the side frame at the seat width direction inner side of the side frame and that applies reaction force to the inner bag section during inflation, the inner bag section being anchored to the reaction force application portion.

2. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the fixing portion is disposed at the seat width direction outer side of the side frame, and is fixed to the side frame using the gas generator.

3. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 2 , wherein the fixing portion and the reaction force application portion are coupled together at the seat front side of the side frame.

4. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the reaction force application portion is inclined toward the seat width direction inner side on progression toward a seat rear side.

5. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the fixing portion and the reaction force application portion are coupled together through an integral hinge, and an end portion of the reaction force application portion on an opposite side from the integral hinge is anchored to the side frame.

6. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the reaction force member includes a main body reaction force application portion that is disposed at a seat rear of the side airbag main body and that applies reaction force to the side airbag main body during inflation and deployment.

7. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the side frame includes:
a side wall portion extending along a seat front-rear direction in a plan view cross-section of the seatback;
a front flange portion extending from a front end of the side wall portion toward the seat width direction inner side; and
a rear flange portion extending from a rear end of the side wall portion toward the seat width direction inner side, and
respective leading end portions of the front flange portion and the rear flange portion are covered from the seat width direction inner side by the reaction force application portion.

8. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of hooking claws formed at a leading end portion of the reaction force application portion are inserted into a plurality of hooking holes formed at a leading end portion of the inner bag section to anchor the inner bag section to the reaction force application portion.

9. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the side frame includes:
a side wall portion extending along a seat front-rear direction in a plan view cross-section of the seatback;
a front flange portion extending from a front end of the side wall portion toward the seat width direction inner side; and
a rear flange portion extending from a rear end of the side wall portion toward the seat width direction inner side, and
a plurality of ribs extending out from the reaction force application portion toward the side wall portion side engage with the side wall portion such that the reaction force application portion is supported by the side wall portion.

10. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein:
the side airbag main body is partitioned into a front bag section and a rear bag section by an internally provided tether;
the gas generator is housed inside the rear bag section;
a front portion of the rear bag section is positioned further to the seat front side than the side frame at least in an inflated and deployed state of the side airbag main body; and
the inner bag section extends out from inside the front portion of the rear bag section, past the seat front of the side frame, and to the seat width direction inner side of the side frame, and an internal portion of the inner bag section is in communication with the inside of the front portion of the rear bag section.

11. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the inner bag section is formed from a separate base cloth from a base cloth of the side airbag main body, and the inner bag section is joined to the side airbag main body.

12. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 10 , wherein:
the rear bag section is partitioned into an upper chamber, an up-down direction intermediate chamber, and a lower chamber that are in communication with each other at the front portion side;
the gas generator is housed inside the up-down direction intermediate chamber; and
the up-down direction intermediate chamber and the inside of the inner bag section are in communication with each other directly, and not through an inside of the upper chamber or an inside of the lower chamber.

13. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 12 , wherein:
the inside of the upper chamber and an inside of the front bag section are in communication with each other through an upper side inner vent hole, and the inside of the lower chamber and the inside of the front bag section are in communication with each other through a lower side inner vent hole; and
gas generated by the gas generator inside the up-down direction intermediate chamber is distributed into the inner bag section and into the upper chamber and the lower chamber, and a portion of the gas distributed into the upper chamber and into the lower chamber is supplied into the front bag section through the upper side inner vent hole and the lower side inner vent hole respectively.

14. The side airbag device-installed vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the inner bag section is stored inside the side section in a state spread out in a flat shape.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohno Mitsuyoshi

Classifications

• B60R21/276

  with means to vent the inflation fluid source, e.g. in case of overpressure {(B60R21/30 takes precedence; venting means on inflatable member walls B60R21/239)} · 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

• B60R21/239

  characterised by their venting means · CPC title

• B60R2021/23316

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

• B60R2021/23382

  Internal tether means · CPC title