The application is the original application (applying date: on October 8th, 2006; Application number: 200610140742.X; Denomination of invention: dividing an application automobile side airbag guide plate).
Background technology
Safe automobile air bag is the same with safety strap, is a kind of device that when automobile is impacted, escapes injury in order to protection driver or passenger.
Safety air bag can be installed in the glove box in the bearing circle before the driver's seat, before the passenger-seat and the both sides of automobile, and promptly car door is between adjacent top board and ceiling.Safe automobile air bag is the same with safety strap, utilizes a bump detecting sensor and electronic control package running with protection passenger when automobile is impacted.
When bump took place, the bump detecting sensor was sent to electronic control package and is surveyed the number of delivering a letter, and electronic control package starts safety air bag, and gas generator makes airbag inflated.
Gas generator is connected with the safety air bag that itself is in folded state, and by the electronic control package control operation.One internal heater heating is also lighted gunpowder, and the gas generant that burns immediately makes a large amount of nitrogen (below be called " gas ") inject safety air bag, and safety air bag promptly expands.
Therefore, safety air bag is inflation when bump takes place, with protection driver and passenger's head and upper body.
The injury that side airbag is used to prevent laterally to clash into when taking place and the bump of arrangements for automotive doors causes utilizes Fig. 1 and 2 to make description below.
As shown in Figure 1, a side airbag 10 (below be called one " air bag device ") is arranged to and can be launched to a center pillar, promptly be installed in the B-post between a top board (not shown) and the ceiling 4.
Said air bag device 10 comprises that one is installed in the inside and by the gas generator 20 of electronic control package (not shown) control, injects a large amount of gases in a safety air bag pipe 16 according to impact strength.
As shown in Figure 2, a plurality of inner panels 6 and strengthening frame 8 have been installed between said top board (not shown) and the said ceiling 4.Said ceiling 4 comprises a Door Trim and a center pillar 2 of adjacent setting.
Promptly be, said ceiling 4 have one be affixed to said inner panel 6 threshold 4a, said threshold 4a is installed in a upper end of said center pillar 2 at a distance from adjacent.
As described above, said air bag device 10 is installed in the separated adjacent of said ceiling 4 and said center pillar 2.
Said air bag device 10 is installed in one side of a casing 12; Promptly a fastening part 12a and said inner panel 6 are fastened with bolt; One be in folded state safety air bag pipe 16 be located in the said casing 12, a chamber door 12b is installed in one side of said casing 12, and can be opened by said safety air bag pipe 16.
Particularly; When said safety air bag pipe 16 launches; Can be separated with said casing 12 by the upper end of the said chamber door 12b of said safety air bag pipe 16 unlatchings; And turn to said center pillar 2 one on end in contact, blocking the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6, launch with the said safety air bag pipe 16 of stable guiding.
Moreover; Owing to comprise a built-in safety strap (not shown) with the said center pillar 2 of said ceiling 4 bonded assemblys; Make said center pillar 2 bend towards in the automobile, when said safety air bag pipe 16 launches, get into the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6 so can prevent said safety air bag pipe 16.
In addition; One guide plate 14 is installed in a lower surface of said casing 12, promptly with said center pillar 2 separated adjacent surfaces, so that the said inner panel 6 of said safety air bag pipe 16 contacts that will launch; And control the rotation of the said lower surface of said casing 12, make the said center pillar 2 of the firm contact of said chamber door 12b.
Promptly be, said safety air bag pipe 16 launches, the lower surface that makes said casing 12 the upper end of said chamber door 12b be pushed to down when said casing 12 separates.At this moment; Said casing 12 contacts said inner panel 6 with said guide plate 14; Rotation with the lower surface of controlling said casing 12; And the upper end of the firm said center pillar 2 of contact of said chamber door 12b, blocking the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6, and prevent that said safety air bag pipe 16 from getting into said space.
Therefore; Shown in the dotted line of Fig. 2; Use the said chamber door 12b of said guide plate 14 and said casing 12, to block the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6, said safety air bag pipe 16 stable being deployed in the automobile; Rather than the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6, with effective protection driver and passenger's head and upper body.
Shown in the dotted line of Fig. 2, the release line of the said chamber door 12b of said ceiling 4 and the upper end of said center pillar 2 separately make said safety air bag pipe 16 disengage through said opening and are deployed in the automobile.
Simultaneously, because said safety air bag pipe 16 is inflated under the situation of high speed and high pressure, the said safety air bag pipe 16 of said ceiling 4 guiding launches along said release line.
But said ceiling 4 begins to be opened into the front end of automobile from the rear end that is provided with said gas generator 20, and said safety air bag pipe 16 launches simultaneously.
At this moment, the release line of said ceiling 4 is many from said center pillar 2 when the bending of automotive interior is installed, and receives said center pillar 2 both sides to press to under-carriage, promptly said inner panel 6, pressure when installing for few.Therefore, said center pillar 2 outer said ceilings 4 can not be opened smoothly, and hinder the smooth expansion of said safety air bag pipe 16, make driver or passenger endangered.
Said guide plate 14 also is a significant components of said air bag device 10, driver or passenger's safety when it can determine to clash into.But because the said guide plate 14 that rotates with the lower surface of said casing 12 is simple sheet, intensity is very not high, itself or can when said safety air bag pipe 16 launches, be damaged by air pressure, rather than contact with damping with said inner panel 6.
In the case; The upper end bump of laminar said chamber door 12b and said center pillar 2; Be damaged or the fragment of folding inserts between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6; The said safety air bag pipe 16 that is just launching maybe can get into the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6, and fails to prevent that driver or passenger are injured.
Moreover because said guide plate 14 is simple sheet, intensity is very not high, when said safety air bag pipe 16 launches, and said guide plate 14 or can rotate because of the lower surface of air pressure and said casing 12, and contact and cause damage with said inner panel 6.
Therefore, said safety air bag pipe 16 maybe can get between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6, fails to reach protection driver or passenger's purpose.In addition, damaged guide plate 14 can not be changed.
The air bag device of installing along the whole inside roof lining of automobile edge is commonly referred to as " side airbag " or " curtain type safety steam pocket ".
Another problem of side airbag is an interior guide member or can be out of shape because of external shock, because the side airbag both sides have no the supplemental pilot part, maybe can hinder the expansion of safety air bag.
The specific embodiment
First embodiment
Below in conjunction with Fig. 3 to Fig. 6 the first embodiment of the present invention is described.
As shown in Figure 3, the lower surface of an air bag device 10 of the present invention supports with a bracing frame 100, and it is fixed in one on the inner panel 6 between a top board (not shown) and the ceiling 4.
Because said air bag device 10 is technological similar with formerly, does not detail at this, below will describe the formerly technological pair of supporting 100 that does not have in detail.
A pair of support frame as described above 100 is located at a center pillar 2 both sides, and be fixed in one on the inner panel 6 between a top board and the ceiling 4, and the length of the support frame as described above of having fixed 100 is corresponding with automobile inner side.
As shown in Figure 4; Support frame as described above 100 roughly is "
" shape, and comprises the
transverse support portion 120 of always establishing hollow bulb to
portion 110 and.
The said said inner panel 6 that directly connects between said top board and said ceiling 4 to portion 110, and the fastening part 111 that utilizes end provided thereon and said inner panel 6 are fastened with bolt.Said transverse support portion 120 directly laterally stretches to portion 110 from said, with the lower surface of the air bag device 10 of support fixation on said inner panel 6.
At this moment, as shown in Figure 4, an end downwarping of said transverse support portion 120 is to said straight to the lower end of portion 110, to strengthen said transverse support portion 120.
Moreover to its two ends, promptly an A post or C post narrow the width of said transverse support portion 120 gradually from said center pillar 2, to support said air bag device 10.
Therefore, a safety air bag pipe 16 begins to be expanded to the front end of automobile from the rear end that is provided with a gas generator 20, and simultaneously, one narrow 122 of the said transverse support portion 120 of support frame as described above 100 makes said ceiling 4 at first be skewed unlatching.
In addition, because said safety air bag pipe 16 is opened by one wealthy 121 straight line of said transverse support portion 120, said ceiling 4 smooth fast speedes are opened along the release line of Fig. 6.
Therefore, the said ceiling 4 of stable unlatching makes said safety air bag pipe 16 smooth stable in automobile, launching smoothly, and is unlikely injured with protection driver or passenger.
As described above; The operating mode of said air bag device 10 is for to be introduced into the said safety air bag pipe 16 that is folded in the said casing with a large amount of high pressure gas from said gas generator 20; So that said safety air bag pipe 16 under high pressure is inflated to the front end of automobile at a high speed from the rear end that is provided with said gas generator 20, a chamber door 12b of said casing 12 is opened and separates with said casing 12.
At the said safety air bag pipe 16 that expands, press to the said chamber door 12b that separates with said casing 12 to said ceiling 4, and open said ceiling 4.
Simultaneously, said ceiling 4 begins to be opened into the front end of automobile from the rear end that is provided with said gas generator 20, and is approximate with the expansion process of said safety air bag pipe 16.Promptly be, said ceiling 4 is by the said transverse support portion 120 smooth stable unlatchings of support frame as described above 100, and opening sequence is: said narrow 122, said wealthy 121, said narrow 122, as shown in Figure 5.
Therefore, as shown in Figure 6, being deployed in the automobile of said safety air bag pipe 16 fast and stables, and the said safety air bag pipe 16 that has launched covers whole automobile inner side, unlikely injured with protection driver or passenger.
Second embodiment
Below in conjunction with Fig. 7 to Figure 10 the second embodiment of the present invention is described.
One air bag device 10 has the safety air bag casing 12 of establishing a safety air bag pipe 16.Said safety air bag casing 12 has a fastening part 12a, itself and a under-carriage, and promptly the inner panel 6 between a top board (not shown) and the ceiling 4 is fastened with bolt.
Fasten at the said safety air bag casing 12 on the said inner panel 6 with bolt and to be arranged on the border between a center pillar 2 and the said ceiling 4.
In addition, said safety air bag casing 12 has a chamber door 12b, is installed in its surface in the face of said ceiling 4, and can be opened at gas filed said safety air bag pipe 16.
Moreover said chamber door 12b separates with said casing 12 in its lower end when said safety air bag pipe 16 launches and opens.Said chamber door 12b establishes a line of rupture 13a, and it has one to be roughly the otch of " V " shape, and in lower end and two ends formation, breaks away to help said chamber door 12b.
In addition, said safety air bag casing 12 has the damping portion 130 of a hollow, with said casing 12 1 bottoms integrally formed and with said center pillar 2 at a distance from adjacent, open on its both sides, and connect said inner panel 6.
Moreover, said damping portion 130 have a upper surface 132 as a basal surface of said casing 12, one from said upper surface 132 1 ends extend and with said inner panel 6 captive joints directly is connected the other end of said upper surface 132 and said directly to the wrinkle portion 134 of a lower end of surperficial 136 to surface 136.
Said damping portion 130 can use with a kind of material with said casing 12 and form, and is preferably one and has preset elastomeric resilient materials, smoothly said wrinkle portion 134 is pushed and damping.
Therefore; When said wrinkle portion 134 is extruded, said safety air bag pipe 16 launches, and the upper surface of simultaneously said damping portion 130 is pushed to down; Utilize the extruding of said wrinkle portion 134 and the damping of said damping portion 130, said damping portion's 130 distortion and resetting to absorb concussion.
As shown in Figure 7, the upper surface of said damping portion 130 is located at the level or the above position of said center pillar 2 one upper ends, hinders mutually with said center pillar 2 with the said safety air bag pipe 16 that prevents to launch.
Therefore, under the situation of high speed and high pressure, launch to prevent that it from hindering with said center pillar 2 mutually, said safety air bag pipe 16 stable being deployed in the space between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6 owing to said safety air bag pipe 16.
Moreover, rounded for guiding the stable expansion of said safety air bag pipe 16 with the lower end of the said ceiling 4 of said center pillar 2 bonded assemblys, make said ceiling 4 when said safety air bag pipe 16 launches, separate with said center pillar 2 smoothly.
As shown in Figure 8, automobile side airbag guide plate of the present invention has a safety air bag casing 12, and a large amount of high pressure gas get into from a gas generator 20 and are folded in the safety air bag pipe 16 in the said casing 12.
Then, said safety air bag pipe 16 is inflated under high speed and high pressure, and the bottom of a chamber door 12b of said casing 12 is along line of rupture 13a fracture, separates with said casing 12 and opens.
Said safety air bag pipe 16 forces the said chamber door 12b of the said casing 12 that separates with said casing 12 and rotate to contact said ceiling 4, to release said ceiling 4.
With the lower end of the said ceiling 4 of said center pillar 2 bonded assemblys be circular, said safety air bag pipe 16 is separated smoothly, and stable being deployed in the automobile from the upper ends of said center pillar 2.
The swelling force of said safety air bag pipe 16 is sent to the said damping portion 130 of the bottom of said casing 12, and with a wrinkle portion 134 of the curved surfaces that pushes said damping portion 130, a upper surface 132 of said damping portion 130 is opened immediately.
Because it is high position that the said upper surface 132 of said damping portion 130 is in the upper end of more said center pillar 2, said safety air bag pipe 16 is deployed in the automobile fast smoothly, does not receive the obstruction of said center pillar 2, and is unlikely injured with protection driver or passenger.
Fig. 9 and Figure 10 show the damping portion of the side airbag guide plate of another embodiment of the present invention, and its parts label is same as the previously described embodiments, in this not repeat specification.
As shown in Figure 9, said damping portion 130 ' have a upper surface 132 ' with always to surface 136 ', the two ends to a wrinkle portion 134 ' of stretching are to form thick portion.In addition, shown in figure 10, said thick absorbs the concussion that said damping portion 130 ' is born, and damages or fractures to prevent said damping portion 130 ', the extruding of said wrinkle portion 134 ' in the time of can not hindering said air bag device 10B simultaneously and launch.
Therefore, thick said top and directly to the whole said damping of surface 132 ' and 136 ' reinforcement portion 130 '.
The 3rd embodiment
Below in conjunction with Figure 11 to Figure 14 the third embodiment of the present invention is described.
Like Figure 11 to shown in Figure 14, the air bag device 10C of the 3rd embodiment comprise be located in it and folding safety air bag pipe 16 several times; One is provided with said safety air bag pipe 16 at interior safety air bag casing 12, one side said safety air bag casing 12 has a chamber door 12b, its upper end has a fastening part 12a to utilize one to be bolted on the inner panel 6; And one and said safety air bag pipe 16 rear end bonded assembly gas generators 20, to disengage a large amount of high pressure gas to it.
At this moment; Like Figure 11 and shown in Figure 12; One basal surface of the safety air bag casing 12 of the said air bag device 10C of side airbag guide plate resilient mounting of the present invention, with the said safety air bag pipe of guiding stable when 16 inflations of said safety air bag pipe in automobile.
Add that said guide plate 140 forms with a metalliferous material, and is provided with a plurality of jacks 141, said guide plate 140 utilizes being bolted on the inner panel 6 through said jack 141.Establish a protrusion 142 between the said jack 141, a surperficial closed contact of itself and said safety air bag casing 12, and a support portion 143 from a lower end bending of said guide plate 140 to support the lower surface of said safety air bag casing 12.
Said support portion 143 have one from surface thereof with one "
" the longitudinally extending curve 144 of shape; When the said safety air bag pipe 16 of said curve 144 absorptions expands; The concussion that produces when the lower knuckle of the said chamber door 12b of said safety air bag casing 12 resets then is to prevent the 143 impaired or distortion of said support portion.
The height of said curve 144 can be the said chamber door 12b that makes said safety air bag casing 12 is in the upper end of said center pillar 2 when said safety air bag pipe 16 launches above or level attitude.
As the said chamber door 12b of said safety air bag casing 12 during because of said curve 144 downwarpings; The bottom of said chamber door 12b should be in the above or level attitude of the upper end of said center pillar 2, is deployed between said inner panel 6 and the said center pillar 2 to prevent said safety air bag pipe 16.
In addition, said guide plate 140 has a plurality of elongated holes 146, to lower its weight and material cost.
Said guide plate 140 has from the crooked connecting element 145 of said protrusion 142, inserts a fixed plate 40 with fixing said safety air bag casing 12 between wherein.
Said connecting element 145 is with the three limit punchings of punch at said protrusion 142; And form it to said safety air bag casing 12 flexing an angle of 90 degrees; Then; The said fixed plate 40 that is used for fixing said safety air bag casing 12 inserts between the said connecting element 145 through said fixed plate 40 surperficial otch, and said connecting element 145 is once more to said fixed plate 40 flexing an angle of 90 degrees, with fixing said fixed plate 40.
The structure and the use of the above side airbag guide plate below are detailed.
The said support portion 130 of the said connecting element 30 fixing said guide plates 140 of one operating parts utilization through said jack 141 is on said inner panel 6.
Then; The otch that is used for fixing the said fixed plate 40 of said safety air bag casing 12 inserts between the said connecting element 145 of said guide plate 140; Said connecting element 145 is bent with fixing said fixed plate 40, accomplishes the fixed routine of said side airbag device 10C to utilize said guide plate 140 and said fixed plate 40.
When automobile was impacted, a large amount of high pressure gas were released in the said safety air bag pipe 16 from said gas generator 20, and said safety air bag pipe 16 expands, and the said chamber door 12b and the said ceiling 4 of the said safety air bag casing 12 of its process also is deployed in the automobile.
At this moment, the rotation of the bottom of said chamber door 12b is limited by the said support portion 143 of said guide plate 140, gets between said center pillar 2 and the said inner panel 6 to prevent said safety air bag pipe 16.
Therefore, shown in figure 13, when high pressure gas are disengaged to said safety air bag pipe 16, the concussion that the said curve 144 that can absorb said guide plate 140 produces when making the lower knuckle of said chamber door 12b reset then makes the more stable expansion of said safety air bag pipe 16.
Figure 14 shows a curve of another embodiment of the present invention.Said curve 144 ' is from one side oblique bending of a support portion 143 '.
When the bottom of the said chamber door 12b of said safety air bag casing 12 fractures, said curve 144 ' is guided, to prevent that said bottom 12b is because of crooked be out of shape or impaired fast.
Moreover; Said guide plate 140 surfaces can form a skim 170; Said tunic 170 can be synthetic resin or syntheticfibres, and cover said guide plate 140 said support portion 143 or 143 ' with said curve 144 or 144 ', damage or fracture to prevent that sharp-pointed part from causing.
The 4th embodiment
Below in conjunction with Figure 15 to Figure 18 the fourth embodiment of the present invention is described.
As shown in the figure, the front portion that is installed in the air bag device 10D on the top-side panel 200 utilizes a button to be fixed on the front pillar 500, and the rear pillar 700 that its rear portion and is provided with a gas generator 20 is connected.In addition, a guide plate 300 is installed on the said top-side panel 200 of said center pillar 2, and a side airbag casing 12 is arranged on the support portion 130 of said guide plate 300.
Though show among the figure, said air bag device 10D comprise one in order to the sensor that detects bump and in order to the signal that receives said sensor and the electronic control package of the said gas generator 20 of operation.
Like Figure 15 and shown in Figure 16, said guide plate 300 is arranged between said top-side panel 200 and the said ceiling 4, and is fixed on the said top-side panel 200.
Said guide plate 300 has a strut member 330 from the lower knuckle of said connecting element 310, and utilizes one to be arranged at a mounting hole 311 on the said connecting element 310 to be bolted on the said top-side panel 200.
Moreover the stay hook 312 of being located at said mounting hole 311 both sides hooks and is fixed in the hook groove (not shown) of being located on the said top-side panel 200, is rotated and improves the stability of said guide plate 300 to prevent said guide plate 300.
Simultaneously, an end of said strut member 330 has a reclinate guiding part 332, is deployed between said top-side panel 200 and the said ceiling 4 to prevent said air bag device 10.
Followingly according to Figure 17 said guide plate 300 is detailed, said guide plate 300 comprises that a connecting element 310 is to install said guide plate 300 at said top-side panel 200; One support portion 330, it forms and is provided with the portion of stretching 331 from said connecting element 310 bendings.
In addition, said connecting element 310 have a mounting hole 311, one bolts when being installed to said guide plate 300 said top-side panel 200 through said mounting hole 311.There is slot at said mounting hole 311 two ends, and stay hook 312 is crooked from one side of slot.
Said strut member 330 is crooked and relative with said connecting element 310 from said guide plate 300, and the said portion 331 that stretches stretches from the both sides of said strut member 330, to promote the expansion of said safety air bag.
Simultaneously, the said portion 331 that stretches can be located at one side of said strut member 330, and said gas generator 20 is located at this place (seeing Figure 17 B).
Moreover a guiding part 332 is to the crooked an angle of 90 degrees of said strut member 330 1 ends, makes said air bag device 10 open said ceiling 4 being deployed in the automobile, rather than in said center pillar.
In addition, shown in figure 18, when the automobile impacting object, the signal that a sensor sends makes high pressure gas disengage to said safety air bag pipe 16, makes said safety air bag pipe rapid expanding in automobile.
At this moment, one side said safety air bag pipe 16 from said gas generator begin expand, opening said ceiling 45, and be deployed in the automobile.The said said air bag device 10D of 331 guiding of portion that stretches of the said guide plate 300 of said center pillar 2 is deployed in the automobile.
Promptly be that said air bag device 10D is launched by the said portion 331 that stretches in certain angle.
Because said air bag device 10D arrives the chamber door on said center pillar 2 forward direction opposites and launches; Can under the situation that the said center pillar of not given prominence to 2 hinders, launch said safety air bag pipe in automobile; Then; Said safety air bag pipe promptly is deployed into said center pillar outstanding in the automobile 2 at a distance from adjacent bottom, with protection driver or passenger.
Moreover said guiding part 332 can prevent that said air bag device 10D is deployed in the said center pillar 2, and guides said air bag device 10D in automobile, and not hindered by an end of said center pillar 2.
As previously discussed; A side airbag guide plate of the present invention utilizes a bracing frame, and when a safety air bag pipe was launched, ceiling fast speed was smoothly opened; Impel being deployed in the automobile of said safety air bag pipe fast and stable, unlikely injured with protection driver or passenger.
Moreover, utilize a damping portion, safety air bag box deformation when the present invention can prevent that said safety air bag pipe from launching, the said damping portion of said safety air bag casing guides said safety air bag pipe simultaneously.Particularly; There is a stable start point (when its complete pressurized) in said damping portion when said safety air bag pipe begins to launch; And during launching or a start point (when it absorbs concussion back and part and resets) is smoothly arranged afterwards, launch smoothly to impel said safety air bag pipe.
In addition, the lower surface of said side airbag is supported in a support portion of said guide plate, with when said safety air bag pipe launches its stable being directed in the automobile.Moreover, if said support portion fractures, can repair easily or change.In addition, the portion of stretching of said guide plate guides the expansion of said side airbag, hindered by said center pillar to prevent it, and promotes the normal smoothly of said side airbag to launch.
The foregoing description is an optimal way of the present invention; But embodiment of the present invention is not limited by the foregoing description; Other any do not deviate from essence or the change on the principle, the modification done under the spirit of the present invention, substitutes, combination, simplify; All should be the displacement or the substitute mode of equivalence, be included within protection scope of the present invention.