JP2009101739A - Vehicular seat having built-in side airbag device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve expansion performance of an airbag toward a seat back lateral part forward lower part. <P>SOLUTION: A notch part 50 is formed in a vehicle width direction outer part 22A of a seat pad 22 constituting a seat back 14. The notch part 50 is formed by continuously notching a lower side portion 50A as the entire lower side region of the folded airbag 18 in the vehicle width direction outer part 22A of the seat pad 22 and a lower side forward portion 50B located on the front side of the lower side portion 50A. Due to this structure, when the airbag 18 is inflated and expanded, a lower swelling part 18A of the airbag 18 is swollen to inside of the notch part 50 of the seat pad 22, and directly reaches a burst line of a seat skin 24. As a result, the inflation and expansion of the lower swelling part 18A of the airbag 18 is not obstructed by the lower part of the vehicle width direction outer part 22A of the seat pad 22. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device, and particularly relates to a vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device in which an airbag is inflated and deployed in the vertical direction in front of a side portion of a seat back.

A vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device is disclosed in which an airbag is inflated and deployed in a vertical direction in front of a side portion of a seat back (Patent Document 1). In this technique, a lower space extending from the lower end of the airbag to the deployment space is formed at the upper portion of the seat pad located at the lower portion of the folded airbag, and the lower space formed in the seat pad. Thus, the deployment performance of the lower part of the airbag is improved.
JP 2007-176333 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, in order to protect the lower back of the occupant seated on the seat, when the airbag is further inflated and deployed to the lower front part of the side of the seat back, the side of the seat pad that can improve the deployment performance of the airbag The bottom treatment has not been studied.

  In view of the above-described facts, an object of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device that can improve the deployment performance of the airbag toward the front lower portion of the seat back side portion.

  The vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device according to the first aspect of the present invention is built in a seat back, and includes a lower bulging portion that bulges downward from a folded state at the time of deployment. An airbag that inflates and deploys in the vertical direction in front of the side portion of the bag, and covers the folded airbag, and the entire lower side of the folded airbag and the entire front side of the entire lower side are notched. A seat pad.

  Therefore, the seat pad that covers the folded airbag has notches formed in the entire lower side portion of the folded airbag and the entire front side of the entire lower side portion. For this reason, when the airbag built in the seat back is inflated and deployed in the vertical direction in front of the side portion of the seat back, the lower bulging portion of the airbag bulges out in the notch portion of the seat pad. The bulge of the lower bulge is not obstructed by the seat pad. As a result, the deployment performance of the lower bulging portion of the airbag to the front lower portion of the seat back side portion is improved, and the waist of the seated occupant can be restrained quickly.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device according to the first aspect, the cutout portion is a lower side of the folded airbag and is outside the seatback in the vehicle width direction. The entire region is cut out.

  Therefore, since the notch portion of the seat pad is notched on the lower side of the folded airbag and the entire outer portion in the vehicle width direction of the seat back, the seat bag side front lower portion of the airbag lower bulge portion Deployment performance is further improved.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat incorporating the side airbag device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the vehicle seat includes an airbag module including the airbag and an inflator. It is characterized in that the entire region outside the seat width direction on the lower side of the airbag module is cut out.

  Therefore, since the notch portion of the seat pad is notched in the lower part of the air bag module including the air bag and the inflator and the entire outer portion in the vehicle width direction of the seat back, the air bag provided in the air bag module is provided. The deployment performance to the seat bag side part front lower part of the downward bulging part of a bag improves.

  The present invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 can improve the deployment performance of the airbag to the front lower portion of the seat back side portion.

  An embodiment of a vehicle seat with a side airbag device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In these drawings, an arrow FR appropriately shown indicates the vehicle front side, an arrow UP indicates the vehicle upper side, and an arrow IN indicates the vehicle width direction inner side.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device according to the present embodiment. It is shown. FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a seat pad in the vehicle seat with a side airbag device according to the present embodiment. FIGS. 4 and 5 show a side airbag device with a built-in side airbag device according to the present embodiment. A schematic side view of an initial deployment of an airbag of a vehicle seat is shown. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view taken along the line 6-6 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the seat skin.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 in part, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the seat skin 24 is indicated by a two-dotted line in order to clarify the shape of the seat pad 22 of the seat back 14.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle seat 10 of the present embodiment includes a seat cushion 12 and a seat back 14 that is supported at the rear end portion of the seat cushion 12 so as to be swingable in the vehicle front-rear direction. A headrest 15 is provided on the upper portion of the seat back 14. Further, a side airbag module 16 is built in the vehicle width direction outer side (door side) of the seat back 14, and when the side airbag module 16 is activated, the airbag 18 is moved to the vehicle width of the seat back 14. The seat seat occupant 20 is inflated and deployed over the entire area in the vertical direction in front of the outer side in the direction to restrain at least the range from the waist 20A to the chest 20B.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the seat pad 22 of the seat back 14 is provided on the seat outer portion of a seat frame (not shown), and the seat skin 24 covers the outer side of the seat pad 22. Further, the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22 constitutes the vehicle width direction outer side portion of the seat back 14, and the airbag 18 and the inflator 32 constituting the side airbag module 16 are arranged in the vehicle width of the seat pad 22. It is covered (incorporated) by the direction outer side portion 22A.

  The inflator 32 is actuated by a signal from an impact detection sensor (not shown), and the airbag 18 is inflated and deployed by the gas ejected from the inflator 32. Reference numeral 33 in FIG. 6 denotes a wire that constitutes a part of the seat back 14.

  The airbag 18 constituting the side airbag module 16 is covered from the front-rear direction and the vehicle width direction outside by the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22 in a folded state. That is, a space portion 34 in which the side airbag module 16 is accommodated is formed in the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22 along the vertical direction, and the side airbag module 16 is formed in the space portion 34. It has been incorporated. Further, a breakage accelerating portion 34A is formed from the space 34 toward the front of the vehicle, which is outside the seat, and the breakage accelerating portion 34A has a breakage position of the seat pad 22 generated by the inflation pressure of the airbag 18. Become.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the side airbag module 16 is covered from the front-rear direction and the upper side by the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22 </ b> A of the seat pad 22. Further, a notch 50 is formed in a portion of the seat pad 22 on the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22 </ b> A on the lower side of the bottom surface 16 </ b> A of the side airbag module 16, and the notch 50 is formed on the side airbag module 16. A lower part 50A that is the entire lower side part and a lower front part 50B that is the entire front side of the lower part 50A are continuously cut out.

  Further, the cutout portion 50 of the seat pad 22 is continuously cut out from a lower rear portion 50C which is the rear of the lower portion 50A, and the cutout portion 50 includes a lower portion 50A, a lower front portion 50B, and A lower outer portion 50D which is the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the lower rear portion 50C is also continuously cut out.

  For this reason, the cutout portion 50 of the seat pad 22 of the present embodiment cuts out the entire region (bottom lid portion) of the portion of the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A that is the lower side of the side airbag module 16. That is, the entire area of the seat pad 14 on the lower side of the side airbag module 16 and on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the seat back 14 is a notch 50.

  In addition, the airbag 18 which comprises the side airbag module 16 is also covered with the seat pad 22 from the front-back direction and upper direction. Further, the notch 50 is notched in the entire lower side portion of the folded airbag 18 and the entire front side of the lower side portion in the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22, and the notch portion 50 is folded. The entire region (bottom lid portion) of the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A, which is the lower side of the airbag 18, is cut out. In other words, the entire area of the seat pad 22 below the airbag 18 and outside the seat back 14 in the vehicle width direction is a notch 50.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cutout portion 50 cuts a lower portion in the vehicle width direction which is the lower side of the lower end 18B of the folded airbag 18 in the vehicle width direction outer portion 22A of the seat pad 22 when viewed from the vehicle longitudinal direction. Lacks.

  The notch 50 may have a configuration in which a lower portion of the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22 is substantially notched. In addition to the method of notching with the mold when the seat pad 22 is molded, Other methods such as attaching a vehicle width direction outer portion 22A to the vehicle width direction central portion 22B, which is a separate member from the vehicle width direction central portion 22B (see FIG. 2) and whose lower portion is shorter than the vehicle width direction central portion 22B. The notch portion 50 may be formed.

  Therefore, when the folded airbag 18 is inflated and deployed in the vertical direction in front of the side portion of the seat back 14, the lower bulging portion 18 </ b> A of the airbag 18 bulges inside the notch 50 of the seat pad 22. , Directly reaches the burst line H2 of the sheet skin 24. For this reason, the expansion and deployment of the downward bulging portion 18 </ b> A of the airbag 18 is not obstructed by the lower portion of the outer side portion 22 </ b> A in the vehicle width direction of the seat pad 22. As a result, as shown by an arrow A in FIGS. 3 to 5, the lower bulging portion 18 </ b> A of the airbag 18 is inflated and deployed so as to wrap around from the lower side toward the front side, and the waist 20 </ b> A of the seated occupant 20 is It can be restrained quickly.

  The notch 50 of the seat pad 22 is covered from the outside of the seat by the seat skin 24, and the outer shape of the seat back 14 is held by the tension of the seat skin 24.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the sheet skin 24 has a two-layer structure of a first layer 24 </ b> A configured by a skin or the like and forming a design surface, and a second layer 24 </ b> B configured by a foam material or the like. The seat skin 24 includes a front surface portion 36 (top plate), a front side portion 38 (top plate side) located at both ends in the vehicle width direction of the front surface portion 36, and a side surface portion 40 (kamachi) following both front surface side portions 38. And a rear surface portion (back surface portion) 41. Further, both edge portions 36A of the front surface portion 36 of the seat cover 24 and one edge portion 38A of the front side portion 38 are stitched together by a sewing line H1, and the seat back 14 is formed by the front surface portion 36 and both front surface side portions 38. The seat skin of the backrest side is constructed.

  On the other hand, one edge portion 40A of the side surface portion 40 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is stitched to the other edge portion 38B of the front side portion 38 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the seat cover 24 by a sewing line (burst line) H2. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 7, one edge portion 40A of the side surface portion 40 on the inner side in the vehicle width direction is stitched by a sewing line H3 to the other edge portion 38B of the front side portion 38 on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the seat cover 24. ing. Further, the side surface portion 40 constitutes skins on both sides of the seat back 14.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the other edge portion 40B of the side surface portion 40 of the seat skin 24 is stitched to the edge portion 41A of the rear surface portion 41 by a sewing line H5.

  In the seat skin 24 of the seat back 14 provided with the side airbag module 16, the sewing line H2 scheduled to be broken is generally called a burst line. Further, front side portions 38 (top plate sides) located on both sides of the front surface portion 36 (top plate) of the seat skin 24 also constitute the front surface of the sheet skin 24. For this reason, the front part is a concept including the front side part (top plate side).

  That is, among the sewing lines H2 and H3 for sewing the front side portion 38 on both sides in the vehicle width direction and the side surface portions 40 on both sides in the vehicle width direction, the sewing line H2 on the side in which the side airbag module 16 is built is The burst line is broken by the inflation pressure of the airbag 18.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the burst line H2 is provided at a position corresponding to the breakage promoting portion 34A of the seat pad 22, and the burst line H2 is more easily broken than the sewing thread used for other sewing lines. A count and strength sewing thread are used.

  As shown in FIG. 7, at the lower ends of the front surface portion 36 and the front surface side portion 38, a single folded piece 42 that is continuous between the two is sewn by a sewing line H4. A folding piece 44 is formed at the lower end of the side surface portion 40 by extending the side surface portion 40 downward. The corresponding edge portion 42A and the edge portion 44A of the folding piece 42 and the folding piece 44 are separated from each other, and the edge portion 42A of the folding piece 42 and the edge portion 44A of the folding piece 44 are in the extension of the burst line H2. It is sutured.

  In other words, the burst line H2 is continuously extended to the stitched portion between the edge portion 42A of the folded piece 42 and the edge portion 44A of the folded piece 44.

  Further, an extended sewing piece 48 protruding downward from the lower end K1 of the burst line H2 is provided at the lower front end of the folding piece 44, and the extended sewing piece 48 is integrally formed below the side surface portion 40 of the seat cover. Has been.

  In the extended sewing piece 48, the extended sewing portion S1 extends from the lower end K1 of the burst line H2 toward the lower rear side of the extended sewing piece 48 that is in a direction different from the extension direction of the burst line H2. Further, the extended sewing portion S1 is folded back in front of the lower end 48A of the extended sewing piece 48, and the reverse stitched portion is the reverse stitch portion 60.

  Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.

  When the inflator 32 is actuated by a signal from an impact detection sensor (not shown) in the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device having the above-described configuration, the airbag 18 is moved outside the seat back 14 by the gas ejected from the inflator 32. The seat seat occupant 20 is inflated and deployed in the vertical direction at a position constraining at least the waist 20A to the chest 20B of the seated occupant 20.

  At this time, in the present embodiment, a notch 50 is formed in the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22 in the seat back 14 of the vehicle seat 10 and on the lower side of the folded airbag 18. The notch 50 continuously includes a lower portion 50A that is the entire lower side of the folded airbag 18 in the seat pad 22 and a lower front portion 50B that is the front of the lower portion 50A. Notched. Further, the cutout portion 50 cuts out a lower rear portion 50C and a lower outer portion 50D of the vehicle width direction outer portion 22A of the seat pad 22.

  Accordingly, in the lower part of the seat back 14 in the vehicle width direction, the downward bulging portion 18A of the airbag 18 is quickly lowered in the notch 50 of the seat pad 22 by the gas jetted downward from the inflator 32. It bulges out and reaches the burst line H2 of the sheet skin 24. For this reason, the expansion and deployment of the downward bulging portion 18A of the airbag 18 is not obstructed by the lower portion of the seat pad 22 in the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A.

  As a result, as shown by an arrow A in FIGS. 3 to 5, the lower bulging portion 18 </ b> A of the airbag 18 breaks the burst line H <b> 2 of the seat skin 24 and expands from the seat lower side toward the seat front side. The waist 20A of the seated occupant 20 can be quickly restrained. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the deployment performance of the downwardly bulging portion 18A of the airbag 18 to the front lower portion of the seat back side portion.

  In this embodiment, as indicated by an arrow A in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower bulging portion 18 </ b> A of the airbag 18 is inflated and deployed toward the front of the seat so as to go around from the lower side of the seat. Therefore, even when a part of the body of the seated occupant 20, for example, the infant's head is in the middle in the vertical direction of the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the seat back 14, the airbag 18 is located below the infant's head. Deploy from side to front. As a result, it is possible to suppress the infant's head from being pushed forward by the airbag 18.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail with respect to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the side airbag module 16 is configured by the airbag 18 and the inflator 32. Instead, only the airbag 18 is folded and disposed in the vehicle width direction outer side portion 22A of the seat pad 22. Alternatively, the inflator 32 may be provided in another part, and the entire region of the outer side 22 </ b> A in the vehicle width direction of the seat pad 22 on the lower side of the folded airbag 18 may be used as the notch 50.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the sheet | seat skin 24 was made into the two-layer structure of 1st layer 24A which comprises the design surface and comprises the design surface, and 2nd layer 24B comprised by the foaming material etc., the sheet | seat skin 24 Is not limited to a two-layer structure, and may have another structure such as a one-layer structure or a three-layer structure.

  In the above embodiment, the airbag 18 is configured to be deployed in the vertical direction at a position that restrains at least the waist 20A to the chest 20B of the seated occupant 20 on the side of the seat back 14. The expansion range may be configured to expand to a position where a wider range is constrained as long as the position includes a position where the range from the waist to the chest is constrained.

It is a schematic side view which shows the airbag deployment state of the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic front view which shows the airbag deployment state of the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the vehicle slant front outer side which shows the principal part of the seat pad of the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a schematic side view showing an initial airbag deployment state of a vehicle seat incorporating a side airbag device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic side view which shows the airbag deployment initial state following FIG. 4 of the vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along a 6-6 cross-sectional line in FIG. 1. 1 is a perspective view showing a seat skin of a vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle seat 12 Seat cushion 14 Seat back 16 Side airbag module 18 Air bag 18A Air bag downward bulging part 20 Seat seat occupant 20A Seat seat occupant waist 20B Seat seat occupant chest 22 Seat pad 22A Seat pad car Width direction outer side 24 Seat skin 32 Inflator 50 Seat pad notch 50A Lower part of the notch 50B Lower front part of the notch 50C Lower rear part of the notch 50D Lower outer part of the notch

Claims (3)

An airbag that is built in the seat back and includes a lower bulging portion that bulges downward from a folded state during deployment, and inflates and deploys in the vertical direction in front of the side portion of the seat back;
A seat pad that covers the folded airbag and that has a notch formed in the entire lower side of the folded airbag and the entire front side of the entire lower side.
A vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device.   2. The vehicle seat with a built-in side airbag device according to claim 1, wherein the cut-out portion is cut out in the vehicle width direction outer side whole region of the seat back on a lower side of the folded airbag. .   An airbag module including the airbag and an inflator is provided, and the cutout portion is formed on a lower side of the airbag module and cuts out in the entire vehicle width direction outer side portion of the seatback. The side airbag apparatus built-in vehicle seat of Claim 1 or Claim 2.

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