JP2003081049A - Occupant restraint device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an occupant restraint device capable of securing smooth development of an shielding material. SOLUTION: This occupant restraint device S is provided with a door frame 11 disposed in the circumferential edge of a window WF of a door FD of a vehicle, an interior material 21 disposed in the car inside I of the door frame 11 in the circumferential edge of the window WF, and the shielding material 38. The shielding material 38 is folded and stored between the door frame 11 in the circumferential edge of the window WF and the interior material 21 and is so developed as to shield the window WF in operating. The interior material 21 is disposed with a door part 25 covering the stored shielding material 38 so as to secure the smooth development of the shielding material 38 and opened around a hinge part 26 disposed in the circumferential edge, by being pushed by the shielding material 38 at the time of its development.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention shields a window of a vehicle door when the vehicle falls (sideways) or when a side collision occurs.
The present invention relates to an occupant restraint device capable of restraining an occupant inside a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional occupant restraint system, as known from Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-51023, etc.,
In the case of a side collision of a vehicle, a sheet-like shielding material such as a net is deployed from the periphery of the window of the vehicle door to shield the door window.

However, in the above publications, the structure for housing the shielding material and the structure of the interior material which covers the shielding material so as to be expandable are not specific.

An object of the present invention is to provide an occupant restraint system in which the above-mentioned points are taken into consideration and the smooth deployment of the shielding material can be ensured.

[0005]

An occupant restraint system according to the present invention comprises a door frame arranged around the periphery of a window of a vehicle door, an interior material arranged inside the door frame at the periphery of the window, and an interior material. An occupant restraint device configured to be folded and housed between a door frame and an interior material at a peripheral edge of a window, and a shielding material that is deployed so as to shield the window during operation. It is characterized in that the material and / or the door frame is provided with an expansion promoting means so as to ensure the smooth expansion of the shielding material.

With such a construction, when the shielding material is deployed, the deployment promoting means allows the shielding material to be smoothly deployed without hindering the deployment. Since the expansion promoting means can be formed by using the interior material of the door or the door frame, the expansion promoting means can be easily formed while suppressing an increase in the number of parts.

Therefore, in the occupant restraint system according to the present invention, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of parts and ensure the smooth deployment of the shielding material.

Further, as described in claim 2, the interior material can be constituted by a door frame garnish or / and a door trim.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the interior material covers the stored shielding material, and is opened by being pushed by the shielding material at the time of deployment with the hinge portion arranged at the periphery as the center of rotation. It is desirable that the portion is disposed and configured, and the door portion serves as the expansion promoting means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the shielding material is deployed, the shielding material deploys by pushing open the door portion. Further, since the door section is opened with the hinge section as the center of rotation, a stable opening operation can be ensured, and a smooth deployment of the shielding material can be easily ensured. In addition, compared with the configuration in which a part of the interior material is broken and the shielding material is expanded,
Even if the material of the interior material is hard to some extent, it is easy to ensure a smooth opening operation of the door part, and the material of the interior material with the door part is made of a hard material to improve the shape retention of the interior material. It is also possible to do.

Further, as described in claim 4, the shielding member is arranged so as to be stored so as to straddle the corner portion at the peripheral edge of the window, and the door portion has the corner portion as an intersecting portion. Arranged so as to extend in two directions from the corner along the peripheral edge of the window, open so that the vehicle outer ends rotate inward, and overlap each other near the corner. In this case, the door portions extending in the two directions each have a hinge portion of the door portion located inside the vehicle when opened and a hinge portion of the door portion located outside the vehicle when opened near the corner. The mutual door portions, which are arranged in the above-mentioned manner and are arranged, and in which the arrangement positions of the hinge portions are shifted, may be used as the expansion promoting means.

In the structure according to the fourth aspect, when the stored shielding material is deployed from the corner of the window peripheral edge, the door portions that overlap each other at the corner of the window peripheral edge mutually have the hinge portions inside the vehicle or Since they are arranged outside the vehicle, the opening operation can be completed smoothly without interfering with each other, and the shielding material stored so as to straddle the corners of the window peripheral edge can be smoothly deployed. Can be made. Of course, since the mutual door portions near the corners of the window peripheral edge can be formed so as to overlap each other when opened, it is possible to dispose the door portions at the corners of the window peripheral edge without a gap, and Does not deteriorate the design.

Further, as described in claim 5, when the edge of the door in the direction along the hinge is arranged so as to slide with the shielding material at the time of deployment, the edge is The shielding member at the time of deployment may be configured by providing a guide surface that is inclined so as to be able to guide the front end side of the door portion, and the door portion provided with the guide surface may serve as the deployment promoting means.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the shielding material at the time of deployment slides on the edge of the door portion, the shielding material is guided by the guide surface to move to the tip side of the door portion, and the shielding material door is opened. Since the force that presses the part can be applied to the tip side of the door part that is distant from the hinge part, the shielding material can easily push open the door part by the lever principle and smoothly deploy it. You can

Further, as described in claim 6, in the case where the door portion is constituted by disposing a bent portion which is bent toward the housed shielding material on the tip end side away from the hinge portion,
It is possible to prevent the surface of the bent part that is housed on the shielding material from being caught by the bent material when the shielding material is deployed.
The catch preventing rib may be formed, and the door portion provided with the catch preventing rib may be used as the expansion promoting means.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, even when the door portion has a bent portion that bends toward the housed shielding material side at the tip end side, the shielding material at the time of deployment is guided to the catching prevention rib. Thus, it can be smoothly deployed without being caught by the bent portion. Further, since the door portion has a bent portion that bends toward the housed shielding material side on the tip side, it is possible to widely cover the housed shielding material, and the interior interior material inside the vehicle can be designed. Can be improved. Also, the door part
Since the bent portion is provided, the bent portion can be locked to the door frame or the like, and in that case, it is possible to prevent unnecessary opening of the door portion.

Furthermore, as described in claim 7,
When the interior material is configured to include a door portion and an adjacent peripheral edge portion which is continuous with the door portion and arranged along the peripheral edge of the window,
A fragile part that breaks or deforms when the door is opened is arranged at the boundary between the door and the adjacent peripheral edge, and a fragile part that breaks or deforms when the door is opened is arranged, and the door that is continuous with the fragile part is promoted to expand. It may be used as a means.

In the structure according to the seventh aspect, since the shielding member at the time of deployment can break or deform the fragile portion between the door portion and the adjacent peripheral edge portion to open the door portion, it is possible to smoothly open the door portion. Can be deployed. And, at a normal time, since the adjacent peripheral edge portion is continuous with the door portion along the peripheral edge of the window,
The interior material of the window periphery has a feeling of unity, and the design of the window periphery can be improved. In particular, in such a configuration, even if the door portion is arranged so as to intersect with the adjacent peripheral edge portion, since it opens smoothly, the shielding material at the time of deployment can ensure smooth deployment. .

Further, as described in claim 8, the interior covering material and / or the door frame is extended inside the vehicle between the housed shielding material and the door portion, and the shielding material at the time of deployment is the door. It is also possible to dispose a guide portion that can be guided to the section side and use the guide portion as the expansion promoting means.

In the structure according to the eighth aspect, since the shielding material at the time of deployment is guided by the guide portion and moves to the door portion side,
It is easy to apply a pressing force to the door part and easily open the door part,
It can be deployed smoothly.

Further, as described in claim 9, the shielding member is arranged so as to be stored so as to straddle a corner portion of the peripheral edge of the window, and the door portion has the corner portion as an intersecting portion. Arranged so as to extend in two directions from the corner along the peripheral edge of the window, open so that the vehicle outer ends rotate inward, and overlap each other near the corner. In this case, among the door portions extending in two directions, the door portions located inside the vehicle when opened near the corners are
An interference portion is provided at a position on the side of the stored shielding material in the vicinity of the corner, which is pressed by interfering with the shielding material at the time of deployment so that it can be opened earlier than the other door portion. The provided door portion may be used as the development promoting means.

In the ninth aspect of the present invention, the shielding member at the time of unfolding interferes with the interference portion, so that the door portion that opens at the position inside the vehicle at the corner of the peripheral edge of the window opens earlier than the other door portion. be able to. That is, the doors that open so as to overlap at the corners of the window rim will open smoothly in order without interfering with each other, and the shielding material stored so as to straddle the corners of the window rim, It can be deployed smoothly. Further, since the mutual door portions near the corners of the window peripheral edge can be formed so as to overlap each other when opened, it becomes possible to arrange the door portions at the corners of the window peripheral edge without any gap, and The designability can be improved.

In this case, as described in claim 10,
Each door portion extending in each of the two directions, the distance from the window glass of the window at the vehicle outer end is substantially equal to each other,
By disposing it, the distance between the door glass extending in the two directions and the window glass is well balanced, and the design in the vicinity of the corner of the window peripheral edge can be further improved.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

An occupant restraint system S which is an embodiment of the present invention.
Is the door F as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 15.
The vehicle inside I of the window WF is drawn out from the periphery of the window WF of D.
It is configured to include a shielding material 38 capable of shielding the. In the vehicle equipped with the door FD, the shielding material 38 is deployed and expanded from the roof side rail portion RR above the window WF.
An airbag 61 that can be arranged between the passenger and the passenger is also arranged.

The shielding member 38 is actuated by the pretensioner 52 which is the drive source of the expanding means 51, and the airbag 61 is actuated by the inflation gas from the inflator 68.
It will be expanded and inflated. The operation of the pretensioner 52 and the inflator 68 is controlled by the control device 74, and the control device 74 inputs the rollover detection signal from the rollover sensor 72 that predicts the vehicle toppling over, and The pretensioner 52 and the inflator 68 are activated when the side collision detection signal from the collision sensor 73 at the time of the side collision of the vehicle is input. The rollover sensor 72, the side impact sensor 73, and the control device 74 are arranged at predetermined positions of the vehicle.

Front door FD in which the shielding member 38 is disposed
As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 6, and 7, includes a door frame 11 on the outer side O of the vehicle and interior materials 21 and 30 arranged on the periphery of the window WF on the inner side I of the door frame 11. It is configured. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the interior material 21
Is a door frame garnish 21 having a substantially inverted U shape when viewed from the vehicle interior I, and the interior material 30 is a door trim 30 arranged below the window WF in the vehicle frame I of the door frame 11. The door frame garnish 21 covers the inside I of the door frame 11 above the lower edge of the peripheral edge of the window WF.

The door frame 11 is made of sheet metal and has a window W.
The upper edge portion 12 on the upper edge side of the peripheral edge of F and the front and rear vertical edge portions 13.1 arranged substantially vertically in the front and rear end sides of the window WF.
4 and the lower edge portion 16 on the lower edge side of the peripheral edge of the window WF (see FIG. 2).

Mounting holes 14a and 14b for mounting the shielding member 38 are formed near both upper and lower ends of the rear vertical edge portion 14 (see FIG. 13). Each mounting hole 14a ・ 14b
Is formed by fixing a nut 14c to the outer periphery O of the vehicle. Further, the rear vertical edge portion 14 serves as a portion for storing a vertical edge side storage portion 45 of the folded shielding material 38, which will be described later, and as shown in FIG. And is configured.

In the case of the embodiment, the door frame 11 includes the outer panel 11a, the reinforcement 11b,
Also, the inner panel 11c is provided, and the protruding portion 15 is formed from the inner panel 11c of the rear vertical edge portion 14,
Formed (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIG. 4, the protrusion 15 has a window WF.
The inner peripheral side wall portion 15a, the outer peripheral side wall portion 15d, and the connecting wall portion 15c that connects the inner side end portions of the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a and the outer peripheral side wall portion 15d to each other are configured.

The outer peripheral side wall portion 15d is formed with mounting holes 15e in which female screws are threaded at a plurality of locations (three locations in the embodiment) along the vertical direction. These mounting holes 1
5e has the axial direction substantially along the front-rear direction of the vehicle. Then, the screws 27 are screwed into the mounting holes 15e. The screw 27 serves as a fixing means for fixing the later-described rear vertical edge portion 24 of the door frame garnish 21 that covers the later-described vertical edge side storage portion 45 of the shielding member 38 to the door frame 11. Further, a retainer 20 is fixed to a portion of the outer peripheral side wall portion 15d on the outer peripheral side farther from the window WF than the mounting hole 15e, and the weather strip 18 is attached to the retainer 20. The weather strip 18 is arranged around the entire outer peripheral edge of the door frame 11, and is brought into pressure contact with the outer panel 3 on the body 1 side when the door FD is closed. The member of reference numeral 19 is a glass run.

Further, the vehicle outer end portion 15 of the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a plurality of recesses 15f corresponding to the ribs 25b are formed in b so that the ribs 25b for preventing hooking of a door portion 25 of the garnish 21 described later can be housed therein. .

As shown in FIG. 4, an inner panel 2 and an outer panel 3 are disposed on the periphery of the door FD on the body 1 side. A weather strip 5 is provided to seal the periphery. The weather strip 5 forms a sealing portion on the inner peripheral side between the door FD and the body 1, and the door FD
Are arranged around the entire outer peripheral edge of the door FD when the door FD is closed, and when the door FD is closed, the top portion 21a of the garnish 21 protruding toward the vehicle interior I and the lower portion of the door FD away from the garnish 21 It will be pressed against the front edge, lower edge, and rear edge of the side.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame 11 has the inner panel 1 on the upper edge side.
A bracket 17 made of sheet metal fixed to 1c and extending to the inside I of the vehicle is provided. The bracket 17 is formed with a lateral plate portion 17a extending in the vehicle interior I and arranged in the vehicle front-rear direction along the lower edge of the window WF.
A vertical plate portion 17b extending upward is formed at an end portion of the inside a of the vehicle a. On the lateral plate portion 17a, on the vehicle rear side,
A lower edge side storage portion 46 of the folded shielding material 38, which will be described later.
And a guide rail 58 described later is fixed to the front side of the vehicle. The vertical plate portion 17b is fitted from below into the concave grooves 33c of the plurality of ribs 33 provided on the vehicle outer side O surface of the door trim 30 (upper trim 31).

Further, a main body 53 of a pretensioner 52 as a means for expanding the shielding member 38 is attached to the surface of the door frame lower edge portion 16 on the vehicle interior side I (see FIG. 2).

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, an upper trim 31 of a door trim 30 is clipped to both ends of the vehicle in the front-rear direction near the upper end of the lower edge 16 by a clip 32.
Locking holes 16a for stopping a are formed at four locations corresponding to the clips 32a.

The door frame garnish 21 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it is made of a synthetic resin such as a thermoplastic polyolefin-based elastomer, and is arranged in a substantially vertical direction on the upper edge portion 22 on the upper edge side of the window WF and on the front and rear sides of the edge of the window WF in a substantially vertical direction. It is provided with vertical edge portions 23 and 24, and is formed in a substantially inverted U shape when viewed from the inside I of the vehicle. Then, the upper edge portion 22, the front vertical edge portion 23, and the rear vertical edge portion 24
Is the upper edge portion 1 of the door frame 11 at the periphery of the window WF.
2. Each of the upper vertical edges 12 of the peripheral edge of the window WF has a substantially U-shaped cross section that can be fitted to the vehicle inner side I of the front vertical edge 13 and the rear vertical edge 14.
The front vertical edge portion 13 and the rear vertical edge portion 14 are formed so as to be able to cover from the inner peripheral side of the vehicle inner side to the vicinity of the outer peripheral side (FIG. 4).
・ Refer to 6 ・ 7).

As shown in FIG. 4, the rear vertical edge portion 24 has a window W.
The F-side inner peripheral side piece 24a, the outer peripheral side piece 24d that abuts the outer peripheral side wall 15d, and the vehicle inner side ends of the inner peripheral side piece 24a and the outer peripheral side piece 24d are connected to each other, and the front and back are weathered. Connecting piece 24c to be brought into contact with the strip 5 or the connecting wall 15c
And are provided. The vertical edge-side storage portion 45 of the folded shielding material 38 is formed by the door frame protruding portion 1.
It is accommodated between the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a of No. 5 and the inner peripheral side piece portion 24a of the garnish rear vertical edge portion 24.

Then, when the shielding material 38 is unfolded, the shielding material 38 is provided on the inner side piece 24a which covers the stored shielding material 38.
A door portion 25 that can be opened by being pushed by is provided. The door portion 25 is provided with a thin-walled hinge portion 26 extending in the vertical direction at an end portion of the vehicle inner side I (in the vicinity of the connecting piece portion 24c), and the tip end side is rotated around the vehicle inner side I with the hinge portion 26 as a rotation center. Configured to open. In addition, at the end portion of the vehicle outer side O, which is the tip side away from the hinge portion 26 of the door 25,
Bending portion 25 that bends so as to approach the outer peripheral side portion 24d
When the rear vertical edge portion 24 is fitted to the door frame projecting portion 15, the bent portion 25a is formed so that the door portion 25 can be opened to the vehicle exterior side I with the hinge portion 26 as a rotation center. The side wall portion 15a is locked to the vehicle outer side end portion 15b.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the surface of the bending portion 25a on the side of the shielding material 38 (45) in which the bending portion 25a is housed is prevented from being caught by the bending portion 25a when the shielding material 38 is deployed in the vertical edge side storage portion 45. A plurality of catching prevention ribs 25b are formed as possible. The ribs 25b are arranged intermittently along the hinge portion 26, so that the door frame 1
It is stored in the corresponding concave portion 15f on the first side.

When the rear vertical edge portion 24 is fitted into the door frame projecting portion 15, the rear vertical edge portion 24 has the outer peripheral side portion 24.
With d being in contact with the outer peripheral side wall portion 15d of the protruding portion 15,
Since the portion of the bent portion 25a where the rib 25b is not disposed is locked to the vehicle outer side end portion 15b of the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a, the door frame projecting portion 15 extends in the vehicle inner side I direction or the vehicle front side. It is difficult to move. By the way, the rear vertical edge 24
The rearward movement of the vehicle is restricted by the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a of the projecting portion 15 with the folded shielding member 38 interposed. Of course, since the portion of the bent portion 25a where the rib 25b is not disposed is locked to the vehicle outer side end portion 15b of the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a, unnecessary opening of the door portion 25 is prevented. .

In the case of the embodiment, a guide surface 25c is formed at the lower edge of the door portion 25 in the direction along the hinge portion 26, as shown in FIGS. The guide surface 25c is arranged so as to slide with the shielding member 38 (particularly, a hypotenuse portion 39 described later) at the time of deployment, and is provided on the hinge portion on the door tip end (bending portion 25a) side away from the hinge portion 26. It is formed so as to be inclined such that the length dimension along the hinge portion 26 is shorter than the length dimension of the hinge portion 26, that is, toward the outside O of the vehicle. The guide surface 25c guides the shielding material 38 at the time of deployment to the bent portion 25a side which is the front end side of the door portion 25.

Further, the hinge portion 26 is located on the inner side I of the vehicle from the position (see the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 4) at which the shielding member 38 is arranged after the deployment is completed, and the door portion 25 and the vertical edge of the garnish are arranged. The portion 24 itself is arranged so as not to interfere with the shielding member 38 when the deployment is completed.

Further, the outer peripheral side piece 24d corresponds to each mounting hole 15e of the door frame projecting portion 15, and the insertion hole 2 is formed.
4e is formed. Then, the rear vertical edge portion 24 is fixed to the outer peripheral side wall portion 15d of the door frame projecting portion 15 by using a screw 27 which is inserted through each insertion hole 24e and screwed into the mounting hole 15e.

Further, at the intersection C2 of the rear vertical edge portion 24 and the upper edge portion 22, as shown in FIG. 12, the upper edge portion 22 side is connected to the door portion 25 and extends along the peripheral edge of the window WF. Adjacent peripheral edge portions 28 that are arranged in the same manner are arranged. A thin fragile portion 29 that breaks when the door portion 25 is opened is provided at a boundary portion between the door portion 25 and the adjacent peripheral edge portion 28 so that the door portion 25 can be smoothly opened.

The garnish 21 uses screws 27, and the upper edge portion 22 and the front vertical edge portion 23 can be appropriately attached to the door frame 11 by using clips, screws or the like (not shown). May be.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 6, and 7, the door trim 30 includes an upper trim 31 that covers the inside I of the lower edge 16 of the door frame on the lower edge side of the window WF, and a lower trim 36 below the upper trim 31. And are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper trim 31 includes a base 31a made of a thermoplastic elastomer such as polyolefin or polyester, and soft vinyl chloride or the like fixed to the base 31a so as to cover the surface of the base 31a. And a skin layer 31b made of synthetic resin or fabric. The upper trim 31 is formed by curving the upper end side so as to be bent to the outside O of the vehicle.
On the edge side of the vehicle outer side O at the upper end, a door portion 34 is formed which is pushed by a lower edge side storage portion 46 of the shielding material 38 described later and can be opened upward. At the edge of the door portion 34 on the inner side of the vehicle I, the upper trim 31 is provided along the lower edge side of the window WF.
A thin hinge portion 35 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is provided over the entire length of the vehicle. The door portion 34 covers the upper side of the lower edge side storage portion 46 of the shielding material 38 that is folded and stored, and the upper portion of the trajectory of the traction material tip 54a in the pretensioner 52 as the drive source of the expanding means 51. Covering. When the leading end 54a of the traction material moves forward (see FIGS. 1, 2, and 15), the hypotenuse portion 39 of the shielding material 38, which will be described later, interferes and the door portion 34 pushes the hinge portion 35 upward as a center of rotation. While being opened, it is further opened to the inside I of the vehicle, and the lower edge portion 40 of the deployed shielding material 38, which will be described later, is arranged in the opened opening.

In the case of the embodiment, the door portion 34 of the door trim 30 is the lateral door portion 34 extending from the rear lower corner C1 of the window WF to the vehicle front side, and the door frame garnish 2 is used.
The door portion 25 of No. 1 has the rear lower corner portion C1 as an intersecting portion with the door portion 34 and extends vertically from the lower rear corner portion C1.
I am trying.

The door portion 3 of the upper trim 31
2, 8 and 9, a recess 32b is formed in the main body 32 excluding the hinge 4 and the hinge 35 on the rear end side of the vehicle. The lower end 24f of the is fitted into the recess 32b. In this vehicle-mounted state, the garnish 21 and the upper trim 31 are assembled to the door frame 11 so that the guide surface 25c of the door portion 25 is hidden below the vehicle rear end side of the door portion 34. As shown in FIG. 3, the garnish 21 and the upper trim 31 are arranged so that the interference portion 34b of the door portion 34, which will be described later, projects downward from the guide surface 25c.
It is assembled to the door frame 11.

When the doors 25 and 34 are pushed open by the shielding member 38 and opened, as shown in FIG. 10, the door 34 is closer to the inside I than the door 25 in the vicinity of the rear lower corner C1. Is disposed so as to overlap with the door portion 25. Then, the hinge portions 26 of the door portions 25 and 34 in the vehicle mounted state
Regarding 35, in the vicinity of the rear lower corner C1, the hinge portion 35 on the door portion 34 side is disposed so as to be displaced toward the vehicle interior side I from the hinge portion 26.

The interfering portion 34b on the side of the door portion 34 is on the side of the housed shielding material 38 (46) on the rear side of the vehicle of the door portion 34, on the side of the housed shielding material 38 and below the guide surface 25c. The two interference portions 34b are arranged so as to project to the door portion 34, and these interference portions 34b interfere with the shielding member 38 when the door 34 is deployed.
Is provided so as to be opened earlier than the other door portion 25.

Further, the door portion 34 in the upper trim 31
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the main body portion 32 excluding the hinge portion 35 and the hinge portion 35 has clips 32a extending to the outside O of the vehicle at two locations near the lower edge sides of the outside surfaces of the vehicle at the front and rear ends of the vehicle. Is formed. These clips 32a
Is integrally formed with the base portion 31a, and the door frame 1
1 is inserted into each locking hole 16a in the lower edge portion 16 and locks the peripheral edge of each locking hole 16a to restrict movement of the upper trim 31 in the vehicle front-rear direction and upward movement.

Further, on the surface of the body portion 32 on the outer side O of the vehicle,
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a plurality of ribs 33 each having a substantially triangular plate shape.
Are formed intermittently below the door portion 34. The surface 33a of each rib 33 on the vehicle outer side O is arranged vertically in the vicinity of the hinge portion 35 and at a position on the vehicle inner side I from the hinge portion 35. Then, the vehicle outer surface 3 of each rib 33
A groove 33 extending upward from the lower surface 33b is provided in the vicinity of 3a.
c is formed. The vertical plate portion 17b of the bracket 17 is fitted in each groove 33c. Upper trim 3
In the main body 32 of No. 2, the bottom surface 33d above the concave groove 33c is
The downward movement is restricted by being abutted and supported by the supporting surface 17c at the upper end of the vertical plate portion 17b. Further, in the main body portion 32, the side surface 33e on the vehicle outer side O of the inner peripheral surface of the concave groove 33c is regulated by the locking surface 17d on the vehicle outer side O of the vertical plate portion 17b, and the movement toward the vehicle inner side I is regulated. The Rukoto.

In the case of the embodiment, the front end portion 34a of the door portion 34 on the vehicle outer side O is placed on the upper end portion 16b of the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame.

The inner side surface 33a of each rib 33 is
In the case of the embodiment, the guide portion is arranged on the inner side I of the vehicle between the housed shielding material 38 (46) and the door portion 34, and guides the shielding material 38 (46) when deployed to the door portion 34 side. 33a.

The lower trim 36 is made of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene and is attached to the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame 11 by using a clip or the like (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 15, the shielding member 38 has a sheet shape capable of shielding the window WF and is formed of a flexible cloth material such as polyester thread or polyamide thread. Has been done. The shielding member 38 has a shape at the time of completion of deployment, with the upper apex portion 42 and the lower apex portion 43 arranged near the upper and lower ends of the vertical edge portion 24 after the garnish, and further along the lower edge side of the peripheral edge of the window WF. It has a substantially triangular plate shape such that the tip-side apex portion 44 is arranged at a position extending to the front side. In other words, the shielding material 38 includes the vertical edge portion 41 between the vertices 42 and 43 located on the vertical edge portion 24 after the garnish, the oblique side portion 39 connecting the upper vertex portion 42 and the tip side vertex portion 44, and the lower side. Apex region 43 and tip side apex region 4
And a lower edge portion 40 that connects the upper end portion 4 and the lower end portion 40. And the apex parts 42 and 43 of the upper side and the lower side are
Each of them is fixed above and below the rear vertical edge portion 14 of the door frame 11, and the apex portion 44 on the front end side is connected to a guide block 57 of the unfolding means 51, which will be described later.

Further, the shielding member 38 improves the occupant restraint performance in the vicinity of the oblique side portion 39 as an edge for shielding the window WF, and therefore, as shown in FIG.
In order that the tension in the direction along the hypotenuse portion 39 generated in 9 can be increased, the hypotenuse portion 39 makes the length dimension L1 at the time of completion of deployment longer than the length dimension L0 when flattened when not deployed, It is configured. In the case of the embodiment, the tip-side apex portion 44 and the lower-side apex portion 43 at the time of completion of deployment
A length dimension LD of the lower edge portion 40 corresponding to the arrangement position of
Upper vertex portion 42 and lower vertex portion 43 at the time of completion of deployment
In a state where the length dimension LV corresponding to the arrangement position of and is secured, the intersection angle α0 is smaller than the intersection angle α1 between the lower edge portion 40 and the vertical edge portion 41 at the time of completion of the deployment, and the non-deployment state is set. The length dimension L0 of the flattened hypotenuse part 39 is set to be shorter than the length dimension L1 of the hypotenuse part 39 corresponding to the arrangement position of the upper apex part 42 and the tip side apex part 44 at the time of completion of deployment. Then, the shielding material 38 is manufactured.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the shielding member 38 extends along the peripheral edge of the window WF so as to straddle the lower corner C1 of the window WF on the vehicle rear side. It is folded and stored in an inverted L shape composed of 46 and. Specifically, in the shielding member 38, the vertical edge side storage portion 45 has an inner peripheral side wall portion 15 a of the protrusion 15 in the rear vertical edge portion 14 of the door frame 11 and an inner peripheral edge of the rear vertical edge portion 24 of the door frame garnish 21. It is folded and housed between the side piece part 24a and the lower edge side storage part 46, and the lower edge part 16 of the door frame 11 (the horizontal plate part 1 of the bracket 17 is formed.
7a) and the upper trim 31 of the door trim 30,
It is folded and stored.

Further, in the embodiment, the upper and lower apex portions 42 and 43 are provided with mounting holes 42a and 43a, respectively, as shown in FIG. Then, the contact plates 48, 48 are attached to the peripheral edges of the respective mounting holes 42a, 43a, and the mounting bolts 49 are inserted into the respective mounting holes 42a, 43a and screwed into the respective mounting holes 14a, 14b (nut 14c). Then, the upper and lower apex parts 42 and 43
Are fixed above and below the rear vertical edge 14 of the door frame 11.

As shown in FIG. 7, a mounting bracket 59 is fixed to the apex portion 44 on the distal end side, and is connected to the guide block 57 of the unfolding means 51 by using bolts and nuts (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 14, the folding of the shielding member 38 when it is housed is carried out from the flat state.
In order not to change the distance of the vertical edge portion 41 fixed to the peripheral edge of the window WF, that is, the upper apex portion 42 which is the upper end side of the hypotenuse portion 39 and the lower apex portion 43 on the lower corner portion C1 side.
In order not to change the distance LV from the upper side, the folding width on the lower edge side is made larger than that on the upper side, and the hypotenuse portion 39 side is brought closer to the vertical edge portion 41 side for folding. In the case of the embodiment, the fan folding is performed so that the folding width on the lower edge portion 40 side is wider than that on the upper apex portion 42 side with the upper apex portion 42 of the shielding member 38 in the flatly expanded state as the center of the fan. .

The developing means 51 for the shield 38 is used as the shield 38.
A guide block 57 as a connecting member for connecting the traction member 54 of the pretensioner 52, and the guide block 5
Pretensioner 52 as a drive source for moving 7
And a guide roller 55 as a guide member for guiding when the guide block 57 moves along the lower edge side of the window WF peripheral edge, and a guide roller 55.

The pretensioner 52 is attached to the inner side I of the lower edge 16 of the door frame, and has a flexible traction member 54 connected to the guide block 57, and a main body 53 for pulling the traction member 54. , And are configured.
The main body 53 is of a cylinder type that pulls the pulling member 54 using the gas pressure of the inflator. Traction material 54
Is inserted into the guide rail 58 with the tip 54a connected to the main body 57a of the guide block 57,
It is arranged. The traction member 5 is provided above the main body 53.
A guide roller 55 that guides the sheet 4 is fixed to the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame and disposed.

The guide block 57 has a guide rail 58.
The main body 57a has a rectangular prism shape slidably fitted to the main body 57a, and the connecting portion 57b projects upward from the main body 57a. Then, on the front side of the main body 57a,
The tip 54a of the traction member 54 is connected to the connecting portion 57b,
The tip side apex part 44 is connected.

The guide rail 58 is used for the pretensioner 5
When the second block is operated, the guide block 57 is configured so as to be slidably guided by suppressing rotation in the circumferential direction around the moving direction of the guide block 57. That is, the guide rail 58
Allows insertion of the main body 57a of the guide block 57,
The main body 57a is formed in a substantially rectangular tube shape having an internal space slightly larger than the cross-sectional shape of the main body 57a, and is configured so that the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the main body 57a can be restricted.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 7, and 15, the guide rail 58 moves the main body portion 57a of the guide block 57 from the position of the tip-side apex portion 44 when the shielding member 38 is folded and stored to complete the unfolding. Guide to the position of the tip side apex part 44, inside the vehicle I of the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame 11,
The bracket 17 is fixedly arranged on the lateral plate portion 17a of the bracket 17.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 6, 7, and 15, the air bag 61 has a substantially rectangular plate shape as a bag shape that inflates by inflating the inflation gas from the inflator 68.
The airbag 61 is configured to include a main body portion 62 that inflates the inflation gas and inflates, and a cylindrical gas inflow portion 63 that allows the inflation gas to flow into the main body portion 62. The gas inflow portion 63 is arranged on the upper rear side of the main body portion 62 and is connected to the inflator 68. On the upper end side of the airbag 61, the body 1 in the roof side rail portion RR
A plurality of mounting portions 64 fixed to the inner panel 2 on the side are provided. As shown in FIG.
The mounting bracket 65 is fixed, and each mounting portion 64 is bolted 66 to the inner panel 2 together with the mounting bracket 65.

The airbag 61 is provided with each mounting portion 64.
The upper end 62a side of the main body portion 62 at the time of expansion and expansion is simply fixed to the inner panel 2 by utilizing, and the lower end 62b side of the main body portion at the time of expansion and expansion is substantially orthogonal to the window WF as a free end. It is arranged so as to be swingable in the vehicle interior I direction and the vehicle exterior O direction.

Further, the airbag 61 is folded into a bellows shape from the lower end 62b side to the upper end 62a side, and is covered and housed in the roof head lining 8 on the vehicle inside I of the roof side rail portion RR at the peripheral edge of the window WF. Has been done. The roof head lining 8 is made of synthetic resin, and a door portion 8a that can be opened to the vehicle interior I is disposed at the lower edge of the roof head lining 8. When the airbag 61 is deployed and inflated, the airbag 61 has the door portion 8a.
Is pushed open to project downward, and is arranged between the occupant and the shielding member 38.

When the airbag 61 is deployed and inflated, the airbag 61 is installed on the rear inside of the window WF, the upper side of the center pillar garnish 9 on the inside of the center pillar CP, and the front inside of the window WR of the rear door RD. It will be covered.

Further, in the case of the embodiment, the airbag 61
Is disposed on the side of the window WF at the time of completion of deployment and expansion so that substantially the entire length of the lower end 62b can be overlapped with the shielding member 38 at the time of completion of deployment in the horizontal direction (see FIG. 15).

The inflator 68 is a cylinder type and is attached to the inner panel 2 of the roof side rail portion RR.
While being held by the mounting bracket 69, the mounting bolt 7
It is attached using 0.

The mounting of the occupant restraint system S of the embodiment on a vehicle will be described. First, the shielding member 38 is folded. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, the shielding member 38 in the flattened state is folded from the upper vertex portion 42 side to the lower edge portion 40 side with the upper vertex portion 42 being the center of the fan. The width is widened, and fan-folding is performed so that the oblique side portion 39 approaches the vertical edge portion 41. Then, as shown in FIG. 14C, the folded shielding material 38 is wrapped by a plurality of breakable tape materials 47 for preventing collapse. In this folded state, the folded portions from the upper vertex portion 42 where the vertical edge portion 41 is located to the lower vertex portion 43 are the inner peripheral side wall portion 15a of the door frame rear vertical edge portion 14 and the door frame garnish rear vertical edge portion 24. The vertical edge-side storage portion 45 is stored between the inner peripheral side piece portion 24a and the inner peripheral side piece portion 24a, and the folding portion from the lower-side apex portion 43 where the lower edge portion 40 is located to the tip-side apex portion 44 is a door frame lower edge portion. It becomes the lower edge side storage portion 46 that is stored between 16 and the upper trim 31. It should be noted that the mounting bracket 59 and the contact plate 48 are previously fixed to the tip side / upper side / lower side vertex portions 44, 42, 43.

Further, the pretensioner 52 and the guide roller 5 are provided on the surface of the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame 11 on the inner side I of the vehicle.
5 and the guide rail 58 are attached. At this time, the guide block 57 has the tip 54 a of the traction member 54.
In a state where they are connected, they are arranged in advance in the guide rail 58.

The upper and lower apex parts 42 and 43
Using the mounting bolts 49 for screwing the mounting holes 14a and 14b (nuts 14c) into the rear vertical edges 1 of the door frame.
To the connecting portion 57b of the guide block 57 protruding from the guide rail 58 while being fixedly attached above and below
The tip side apex portion 44 is connected. At this time, the shielding material 38
The lower edge side storage portion 46 is the lateral plate portion 17 of the bracket 17.
Place on a.

Then, the upper edge portion 22 of the garnish 21.
The front and rear vertical edges 23 and 24 are connected to the upper edge 12 of the door frame.
-Use the screws 27 that are fitted to the front / rear vertical edge portions 13 and 14, and the bent portion 25a is locked to the vehicle outer end portion 15b, and the insertion hole 24e is inserted and screwed into the mounting hole 15e. Then, the outer peripheral side piece 24d of the rear vertical edge portion 24 is fixed to the outer peripheral side wall portion 15d of the door frame projecting portion 15. Also, as appropriate
The other upper edge portion 22 and the front vertical edge portion 23 are clipped, screwed, or the like at locations not shown in the drawing to make the door frame 1 of the door FD.
Fixed to 1. Thereafter, the lower end 24f of the vertical edge portion 24 after garnish is fitted into the concave portion 32b of the main body portion 32, and the clip 32a is locked while the vertical plate portion 17b of the bracket 17 is fitted into the concave groove 33c of each rib 33. Hole 16
The upper trim 31 of the door trim 30
By assembling the door trim and the lower trim 36 to the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame, the assembly of the door FD can be completed, and when the door FD is attached to the body 1, the shielding member 38 and the expanding means 51 can be mounted on the vehicle. it can.

Further, regarding mounting of the airbag 61 on a vehicle, the airbag 61 is folded toward the upper end 62a side, and the airbag 61 is wrapped with a breakable tape material so as not to be folded. Next, the mounting bracket 6 is attached to each mounting portion 64 of the airbag 61.
5, the gas inflow portion 63 is connected to the inflator 68, and the mounting bracket 69 is attached to the inflator 68 to form the airbag assembly. Then, the mounting brackets 65 and 69 are fixed to the inner panel 2 with bolts 66 and 70, and the roof head lining 8 is attached to the inner panel 2, so that the airbag 61 and the inflator 68 can be mounted on the vehicle. Then, including the door FD, the shielding material 38, the deployment means 51, the airbag 61, and the inflator 68.
Is attached to the vehicle, the occupant restraint system S is mounted on the vehicle.

The rollover sensor 72, the side collision sensor 73, and the control device 74 are separately attached at predetermined positions of the vehicle, and when the occupant restraint system S is mounted on the vehicle,
A lead wire (not shown) extending from the expanding means 51 and the inflator 68 is connected to the control device 74.

After the occupant restraint system S is mounted on the vehicle, when the control device 74 inputs, for example, a rollover detection signal from the rollover sensor 72 in which the vehicle is expected to fall, the deploying means 51 is operated. Then, the main body 53 of the pretensioner 52 is attached to the tip 54 a of the traction member 54.
The guide block 57 connected to the guide rail 58.
Since it is pulled so as to move forward along the direction, the shielding member 38 is moved from the folded state to the tip end side vertex as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIGS. 2, 4, 6, and 7 and the solid line in FIG. The part 44 moves to the front, and the hypotenuse part 39 moves the upper trim 3
The door portion 34 of No. 1 is sequentially opened from the vehicle rear end side to the vehicle inner side I, and the door portion 25 of the garnish rear vertical edge portion 24 is sequentially opened from the lower end side to the vehicle inner side I to shield the window WF. , Will be deployed.

Further, the control device 74 inputs the rollover detection signal from the rollover sensor 72 and operates the inflator 68, so that the inflator 6 is operated.
The inflation gas is discharged from the air bag 8, and the airbag 61 inflates by inflating the inflation gas into the main body portion 62 to break the tape material (not shown) and push the door portion 8a of the roof head lining 8 open. As shown in FIG. 15, the shielding material 38
On the inside of the vehicle, the vehicle is deployed and expanded downward so as to shield the window WF.

In the embodiment, even if the control device 74 inputs the side collision detection signal from the side collision sensor 73, the shielding member 38 and the airbag 61 are expanded in the same manner as above.

In the occupant restraint system S of the embodiment,
In the door frame garnish 21 and the door trim 30 as the interior material, the door portions 25 and 34 themselves, which are provided with the hinge portions 26 and 35 serving as the rotation center at the time of opening so as to ensure the smooth deployment of the shielding material 38, the door portion 25. .34 hinges 26 and 35
The arrangement position of the door is shifted, the door portion 25 is a guide surface 25c
And a configuration in which a catching prevention rib 25b is provided on the back surface side (the stored shielding member 38 (45)) of the bent portion 25a, a configuration in which the door portion 25 is continuous with the fragile portion 29, and a guide portion 3
Deployment promoting means such as a configuration including 3a and a configuration including an interference portion 34b are provided.

With such a structure, when the shielding material 38 is deployed, the deployment promoting means allows the shielding material 38 to be smoothly deployed without hindering the deployment. The expansion promoting means is the interior material 21/30 of the door FD or the door frame 1.
Since it can be formed by using 1, the increase in the number of parts can be suppressed and the formation can be simplified.

Therefore, in the occupant restraint system S of the embodiment, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of parts and ensure the smooth deployment of the shielding member 38.

That is, the rear vertical edge portion 24 of the door frame garnish 21 as an interior material and the upper trim 31 of the door trim 30 are provided with the hinge portions 26 and 35 which cover the stored shielding material 38 and are arranged at the periphery. Doors 25 and 34 are provided as deployment promoting means that are opened by being pushed by the shielding material 38 at the time of deployment as the center of rotation.

With such a configuration, when the shielding material 38 is developed, as shown in FIGS. 4, 6 and 7, the oblique side portions 39 of the vertical edge side accommodation portion 45 and the lower edge side accommodation portion 46 of the shielding material 38 are shown.
However, the door portions 25 and 34 are pushed open and deployed.
The door portions 25 and 34 are respectively hinge portions 26 and
By opening 35 as the center of rotation, a stable opening operation can be secured, and smooth deployment of the shielding material 38 can be easily secured. Further, as compared with the structure in which the shielding material is expanded by breaking a part of the interior material 21, 31, the interior material 21
・ Even if the material of 31 is hard to some extent, the door 25
It is easy to ensure a smooth opening operation of 34, and the interior material 21/31 having the door portions 25/34 is made of a hard material,
It is also possible to improve the shape retention of the interior materials 21 and 31.

Further, in the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, the deployment promoting means having a structure in which the arrangement positions of the hinge portions 26 and 35 of the door portions 25 and 34 are shifted is provided. That is, in the embodiment, the shielding member 38 is arranged so as to be stored so as to straddle the lower rear corner C1 in the peripheral edge of the window WF, and the door portions 25 and 34 use the lower rear corner C1 as an intersecting portion. Is arranged so as to extend from the corner C1 in the two directions of the vertical direction and the horizontal direction along the peripheral edge of the window WF, and the vehicle outer ends 25a and 34a are opened to rotate to the vehicle inner side I, respectively. In addition, it is configured to open so as to overlap each other near the corner C1. The door portions 25 and 34 extending in the two directions have the hinge portion 35 of the door portion 34 located inside the vehicle I when opened near the corner C1.
It is arranged so as to be arranged on the inner side I of the vehicle from the hinge portion 26 of the door 25 located on the outer side O of the vehicle when opened.

In such a structure, the shielding material 3 stored is
When 8 develops from the corner C1 of the window WF peripheral edge, the door parts 25 and 34 overlapping each other at the corner C1 of the window WF peripheral edge,
Since the hinge portions 26 and 35 are arranged so as to be displaced to the vehicle interior side I or the vehicle exterior side O, the opening operation can be smoothly completed without interfering with each other, and the corner C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF can be closed. The shielding member 38 accommodated so as to straddle can be smoothly expanded. Further, when the opening is completed, the door portions 25 and 34 do not become unnecessarily bulky, and it is possible to prevent the space inside the vehicle interior I from being narrowed. Of course, the mutual door parts 25 near the corner C1 of the window WF periphery
Since 34 can be formed so as to overlap when opened, it is possible to dispose the door portions 25 and 34 at the corner C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF without a gap, and the designability of the peripheral edge of the window WF is not deteriorated. .

Further, in the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the door portion 25 is the guide surface 25 which constitutes the expansion promoting means.
b. That is, in the embodiment, the lower end edge of the door portion 25 in the direction along the hinge portion 26 is arranged near the bent intersection portion of the vertical edge side storage portion 45 and the lower edge side storage portion 46 of the shielding material 38, and is deployed. It is arranged so as to slide on the shielding material 38 (particularly the oblique side portion 39) at the time. And
The length of the guide surface 25b along the hinge portion 26 on the door portion front end side 25a away from the hinge portion 26 is defined as the hinge portion 26.
Is formed by inclining the end portion side of the vehicle outer side O so as to be directed upward.

With such a construction, as shown in FIG. 11A, when the hypotenuse part 39 of the shielding material 38 at the time of deployment slides on the lower end edge of the door part 25, it is guided by the guide surface 25b and hinged. It is possible to move from the side of the portion 26 to the front end side of the door portion 25 (outside the vehicle O) and to apply the force of the shielding member 38 pressing the door portion 25 to the front end side of the door portion 25 separated from the hinge portion 26. Since it is possible, the shield member 38 is
The door 25 can be easily pushed open and can be smoothly deployed.

Further, in the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the door portion 25 is bent at the tip end side (outside the vehicle O) away from the hinge portion 26 to the side of the stored shielding material 38a. Even with the above arrangement, the catching prevention rib 25b as the expansion promoting means is formed on the surface of the bent portion 25a on the side of the stored shielding material 38.

With such a structure, the shielding member 38 at the time of deployment
The (45) is guided by the catching prevention rib 25b, and can be smoothly deployed without being caught by the bent portion 25a. Further, since the door portion 25 is provided with the bent portion 25a that is bent toward the housed shielding material 38 side on the tip side, the housed shielding material 38 (45) can be widely covered, and Inner I garnish rear vertical edge 24
The designability of can be improved. Also, the door 25
However, since the bent portion 25a is provided, the bent portion 2
5a can be locked to the vehicle interior end portion 15b of the door frame 11, and unnecessary opening of the door portion 25 can be prevented.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, a fragile portion 29 connected to the door portion 25 is provided as the expansion promoting means. That is, even if the garnish 21 is configured to include the door portion 25 and the adjacent peripheral edge portion 28 that is continuous with the door portion 25 and is arranged along the peripheral edge of the window WF, the door portion 25 and the adjacent peripheral edge portion 28. A fragile portion 29 that breaks when the door portion is opened is provided at the boundary portion between and.

With such a structure, the shielding member 38 at the time of deployment
As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 12, the weak portion 29 between the door portion 25 and the adjacent peripheral edge portion 28 can be broken to open the door portion 25, so that the door portion 25 can be smoothly deployed. it can. Then, in the normal state, the adjacent peripheral edge portion 28 is continuous with the door portion 25 along the peripheral edge of the window WF, so that the window WF
The garnish 21 on the periphery has a sense of unity, and the design of the periphery of the window WF can be improved. And, in particular, in such a configuration, as in the embodiment, the garnish 21
Even if the door portion 25 of the rear vertical edge portion 24 is arranged so as to intersect the adjacent peripheral edge portion 29 arranged on the upper edge portion 22 of the garnish 21 at the rear upper corner portion C2 of the window WF peripheral edge, Since it opens smoothly, the shielding material 38 at the time of deployment can ensure smooth deployment.

The fragile portion disposed between the door portion and the adjacent peripheral edge portion is configured so that the door portion can be opened by plastic deformation without breaking even if the door portion is opened smoothly. May be. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the fragile portion 29A at the boundary portion between the door portion 25 and the adjacent peripheral edge portion 28 has a wide area and is thin, and is plastically deformed when the shielding material is deployed, so that the door portion 2
5 may be opened.

Further, in the embodiment, the guide portion 33a is provided as the expansion promoting means. That is, in the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the shield member 38 (4
6) The vehicle inner side I between the door portion 34 and the door portion 34 is extended from the upper trim 31 of the door trim 30, and the shielding member 38 at the time of deployment is provided.
A guide portion 33a that can guide the door to the door portion 34 side is formed.

With such a structure, the shielding member 38 at the time of deployment
Since (46) is guided to the guide portion 33a arranged on the inner side I of the housed portion and moves to the door portion 34 side, it is easy to exert a pressing force on the door portion 34, and the door portion is easily 34
You can open it up and deploy smoothly. An inner panel 11c of the door frame lower edge portion 16 is disposed on the vehicle outer side O of the housed portion, and the vehicle outer side O of the shielding member 38 (46) when deployed is the lower edge portion 16 of the door frame. Will be regulated by.

The guide portion that can guide the shielding material 38 to the door portion 34 side at the time of unfolding is not only formed by extending from the door trim 31 as an interior material, but also extending from the door frame 11 side. You may form. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the vertical plate portion 17b of the bracket 17 may be extended upward so as to come into contact with the vicinity of the inner side of the hinge portion 35 of the upper trim 31 to form the guide portion 17b. Further, as shown in FIG. 18, a part of the vehicle outer side surface 33a of the rib 33 and the bracket vertical plate portion 17b may constitute a guide portion.

Further, in the embodiment, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1B, the interference portion 34b as a development promoting means.
Is equipped with. That is, in the embodiment, the shielding material 38
Are arranged so as to be stored so as to straddle the rear lower corner portion C1 in the peripheral edge of the window WF, and the door portions 25 and 34 are arranged along the peripheral edge of the window WF such that the door portions 25 and 34 are the intersection portions. They are arranged so as to extend from C1 in two directions, a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, respectively, and open so as to rotate the vehicle outer ends 25a and 34a respectively to the vehicle inner side I, and overlap each other in the vicinity of the corner C1. Is configured to open. And
In the embodiment, the door portions 25 and 34 extending in two directions, respectively.
The door portion 34, which is located inside the car near the corner C1 and is located on the inner side I of the vehicle at the time of opening, has the shield member 3 stored near the corner C1.
The interference portion 34 that interferes with the shielding material 38 at the time of deployment and can be opened earlier than the other door portion 25 at a position on the 8 (46) side.
b is formed. The interference portion 34b is arranged so as to project downward from the guide surface 25c at the lower edge of the door portion 25.

With such a structure, the shielding member 38 at the time of deployment
However, since it interferes with the lower surface of the interference portion 34b before sliding on the guide surface 25c, the door portion 34 that opens at the position of the vehicle inside I at the corner C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF comes before the other door portion 25. Can be opened. That is, the door portions 25 and 34 that open so as to overlap at the corner portion C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF can be smoothly opened in order without interfering with each other, so as to straddle the corner portion C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF. The shield member 38 stored can be smoothly expanded. Particularly, in the case of the embodiment, the shielding member 38 (45) on the door portion 25 side at the time of deployment
Slides on the guide surface 25c at the lower edge of the door portion 25 and shifts from the hinge portion 26 side to the tip end portion 25a side, which delays the opening of the door portion 25 itself and near the corner C1. The door portion 2 is opened after the door portion 34 is opened in a more orderly manner.
5 will open.

Also in the above configuration, since the mutual door portions 25 and 34 near the corner C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF can be formed so as to overlap each other when opened, the corner C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF is formed.
In addition, the door portions 25 and 34 can be arranged without a gap, and the design of the peripheral edge of the window WF can be improved.

Further, in the case of the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11B, the door portions 25 and 34 extending in two directions respectively have a distance from the window glass WG of the window WF at the vehicle inside ends 25a and 34a, They are arranged substantially equal to each other. Therefore, each door portion 25/34 extending in two directions
In the window glass WG, the balance of the distance with the window glass WG becomes good, and the designability in the vicinity of the corner C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF is further improved.
Can be improved.

In the embodiment, of the two interference portions 34b provided on the door portion 34, the interference portion 34b1 on the corner C1 side is included.
8 shows the case where the door portion 34 and the door portion 25 are overlapped when the door portion 34 is opened. However, as shown by the chain double-dashed lines in FIGS.
b may be arranged at a position where it does not overlap the door portion 25 when the door portion 34 is opened.

Further, in the occupant restraint system S of the embodiment, the shielding member 38 shields the window WF on the inside I of the window WF, and the airbag 61 is provided between the shielding member 38 and the occupant inside the vehicle.
Since the vehicle is arranged so as to shield the window WF, the occupant can be appropriately restrained by the shielding member 38 and the airbag 61.

In the occupant restraint system S of the embodiment,
The expanding member 51 causes the shielding member 38 to substantially rise from the rear lower corner C1 on the lower edge side of the peripheral edge of the window WF.
The guide block 57, which is a connecting member with the guide rail 57, is guided by the guide rail 58 and moved along the lower edge side of the peripheral edge of the window WF to move the rear vertical edge portion 24 and the upper trim 31 of the peripheral edge of the window WF.
The shielding member 38 which is covered with and is shielded from the rear lower corner portion C1 of the peripheral edge of the window WF so as to extend the oblique side portion 39 obliquely upward so as to shield the inside I of the window WF. Therefore, even if the occupant leans against the peripheral edge of the window WF inside the vehicle, the occupant interferes from below to cause the occupant to smoothly and smoothly.
Will be paid out.

Further, in the embodiment, the case where the door trim 30 is composed of two parts, that is, the upper trim 31 and the lower trim 36 is shown, but the upper trim 31 and the lower trim 36 are shown.
The door trim 30 may be formed of one part by integrating the above.

Further, in the embodiment, the front door FD is exemplified as the door in which the shielding member 38 is arranged, but the present invention is not limited to the front door FD, but may be applied to the rear door RD on the side of the rear seat. , May be applied.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the door frame garnish 21 covers the vehicle interior I of the door frame 11 above the lower edge of the peripheral edge of the window WF to provide the vehicle interior I.
The door frame garnish of the present invention covers only the housed shielding member 38 and partially covers the vehicle interior I of the door frame 11, as shown in FIG. It may be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an occupant restraint system according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the inside of a vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the door of the same embodiment as viewed from the inside of the vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an interior material of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view near a bent portion of the door portion shown in FIG.

6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a VI-VI part of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view of a VII-VII portion of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a schematic partial perspective view showing an assembled state of a door frame garnish and a door trim in the vicinity of a corner of a window peripheral edge according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic exploded partial perspective view of a door frame garnish and a door trim in the vicinity of a corner of a window peripheral edge according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a schematic partial perspective view showing the door frame garnish and the door trim in the vicinity of the corner of the window periphery in the same embodiment, showing a state in which the doors are open.

FIG. 11 is a view of the door frame garnish viewed from the XI direction of FIG. 9, in which views showing the positional relationship with the interference portion are arranged side by side.

FIG. 12 is a partial perspective view of a boundary portion between a door portion and an adjacent peripheral edge portion in the door frame garnish of the same embodiment as seen from the vehicle outside.

13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the XIII-XIII portion of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a step of folding the shielding material according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the occupant restraint system according to the first embodiment when the occupant restraint system is in operation, as viewed from the inside of the vehicle.

FIG. 16 is a partial perspective view of a modified example of a boundary portion between a door portion and an adjacent peripheral edge portion of a door frame garnish as seen from the vehicle outside.

FIG. 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the guide portion.

FIG. 18 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another modification of the guide portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... door frame, 17b ... (bracket / guide) vertical plate, 25.34 ... Door, 25a ... (tip part) bent part, 25b ... Ribs for preventing trapping, 25c ... guide surface, 26/35 ... Hinge part, 28 ... adjacent peripheral portion, 29 ... fragile part, 30 ... door trim, 31 ... upper trim, 33a ... (rib) guide part, 34a ... tip portion, 34b ... interference part, 38 ... Shielding material, 51 ... Development means, 52 ... (Drive source) Pretensioner, FD ... front door, WF ... window, C1 ... corner, I ... inside the car, O ... outside the car, S ... Occupant restraint device.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shinji Oguchi             Aichi Prefecture Kasuga-cho, Nishikasugai-gun Ochiai character Nagahata 1             Address within Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshinori Tanase             Aichi Prefecture Kasuga-cho, Nishikasugai-gun Ochiai character Nagahata 1             Address within Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3D054 AA07 AA17 AA20 BB21 BB22                       FF20

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A door frame disposed on a peripheral edge of a window of a vehicle door, an interior material disposed on a vehicle inner side of the door frame at a peripheral edge of the window, the door frame and the interior at a peripheral edge of the window. A occupant restraint device configured to be folded and housed between a member and a shield member that is deployed so as to shield the window when activated, the interior member or / and the door. An occupant restraint device, wherein a deployment promoting means is arranged on the frame so as to ensure a smooth deployment of the shielding material. 2. The occupant restraint system according to claim 1, wherein the interior material is a door frame garnish and / or a door trim. 3. A door section is provided, wherein the interior material covers the contained shielding material, and is opened by being pushed by the shielding material at the time of deployment around a hinge portion arranged at a peripheral edge as a rotation center. The occupant restraint device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the door portion constitutes the expansion promoting means. 4. The shielding member is arranged so as to be stored so as to straddle a corner portion in the peripheral edge of the window, and the door portion is provided on the peripheral edge of the window so that the corner portion serves as an intersection portion. Are arranged so as to respectively extend in two directions from the corners, and are configured to open so that the vehicle outer ends are respectively rotated inwardly of the vehicle and to be opened to overlap each other near the corners. In the vicinity of the corner, the door portions extending in two directions respectively have the hinge portion of the door portion located inside the vehicle when opened, and the hinge portion of the door portion located outside the vehicle when opened, disposed inside the vehicle. Are arranged, and the door portions of each of which the arrangement positions of the hinge portions are displaced are
The occupant restraint system according to claim 3, wherein the deployment promoting means is configured. 5. An end edge of the door portion in a direction along the hinge portion is arranged so as to slide with the shielding material when deployed, and the shielding material when deployed is a tip of the door portion. The occupant restraint device according to claim 3, wherein the occupant restraint device comprises a guide surface inclined so as to be guided to a side, and the door portion provided with the guide surface constitutes the expansion promoting means. . 6. The door portion has a bent portion, which is bent toward the housed shielding material, on a tip side thereof separated from the hinge portion.
A rib for preventing catching is formed on the surface of the bent portion that is housed in the shielding member on the side of the shielding member that is capable of preventing the bending member from being caught by the bent portion when the shielding member is deployed. The occupant restraint device according to claim 3, wherein the door portion provided with a rib for prevention constitutes the expansion promoting means. 7. The interior material includes the door portion, and an adjacent peripheral edge portion that is arranged along the peripheral edge of the window and is continuous with the door portion.
And a boundary portion between the door portion and the adjacent peripheral edge portion, in order to ensure a smooth opening of the door portion, a fragile portion that is broken or deformed when the door portion is opened is disposed, The occupant restraint device according to claim 3, wherein the door portion connected to the fragile portion constitutes the expansion promoting means. 8. The interior material and / or the door frame, extending from the interior material between the housed shielding material and the door portion, to extend the shielding material to the door portion side when extended. The occupant restraint device according to claim 3, wherein a guide portion that can be guided is provided, and the guide portion constitutes the expansion promoting means. 9. The shielding member is arranged so as to be stored so as to straddle a corner portion in the peripheral edge of the window, and the door portion is provided on the peripheral edge of the window so that the corner portion serves as an intersecting portion. Are arranged so as to respectively extend in two directions from the corners, and are configured to open so that the vehicle outer ends are respectively rotated inwardly of the vehicle and to be opened to overlap each other near the corners. Of the door portions extending in two directions, the door portion located on the inside of the vehicle when opened near the corner portion is located at the housed shielding member side near the corner portion, and It is configured to include an interference portion that is pressed by interfering with the shielding material and that can be opened earlier than the other door portion, and the door portion including the interference portion constitutes the expansion promoting means. The occupant restraint system according to claim 3, wherein the occupant restraint system is provided. 10. The door portions extending in two directions are arranged such that the distances of the windows at the vehicle outer end from the window glass are substantially equal to each other. Alternatively, the occupant restraint device according to claim 9.