JP2010195366A - Airbag device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cover an end portion of an airbag at all times without thickening a case for accommodating the airbag, a retainer for attaching the airbag to the case or the like, and without using expensive highly rigid materials. <P>SOLUTION: An airbag device is structured to include an opening 8a that accommodates a folded airbag 7 in a case 4 having an upper opening and allows the airbag 7 to face to a top opening 4b of the case 4, and fix the airbag 7 by interposing an end portion 7a of the airbag 7 between a retainer 8 provided inside the airbag 7 and a base 4a, so that the airbag 7 is projected to be bulged from the top opening 4b of the case 4 by discharged gas from an inflator 10. A flange 12 extending to project toward the base 4a is formed on the opening 8a of the retainer 8 so as to cover the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 by the flange 12 and the base 4a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle airbag device, and more particularly to a vehicle airbag device that can reliably avoid the influence of heat on the airbag.

  In general, this type of airbag apparatus is installed inside the passenger seat side of the instrument panel 1 as shown in FIG. 1, for this reason, on the upper surface of the instrument panel 1 on the passenger seat side, An opening 2 is formed, and the opening 2 is closed by a lid 3 having, for example, an H-shaped cleavage portion 3a.

  In the airbag device, as shown in FIG. 4, a case 4 made of a metal panel is fixed inside the opening 2, and the case 4 has an open top type square box shape. A gas outlet 5 is formed on the bottom surface of the case 4, and a flange 6 is raised from the end of the gas outlet 5.

  A folded airbag 7 is housed inside the case 4. A retainer 8 is attached to the peripheral edge of the gas outlet 5 from above. The retainer 8 has an opening 8a.

  The end portion 7 a serving as the gas inlet of the airbag 7 is longer toward the inside of the gas outlet 5 than the portion corresponding to the peripheral edge of the gas outlet 5, and on the longer side of the gas outlet 5, a flange is provided. 6 is also held between the retainer 8 and the retainer 8. The flange 6 has such a height that the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 can be covered from the inside of the gas outlet, and the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 is not exposed to the gas outlet 5 side. An inflator 10 is attached to the lower side of the gas outlet 5 by a bracket 9.

  In the conventional airbag apparatus having such a configuration, a flange 6 having a height that can cover the end portion of the airbag 7 from the inside of the gas ejection port 5 is formed on the peripheral edge of the gas ejection port 5. There is an effect that the gas ejected toward the ejection port 5 can be prevented from directly hitting the end of the airbag 7. (See Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-187513 A

  However, in such a conventional airbag apparatus, the flange 6 that covers the end portion of the airbag 7 from the inside of the gas ejection port 5 is provided from the end of the gas ejection port 5 on the bottom surface (base portion) of the case 4 to the retainer 8. Therefore, the flange 6 is separated from the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 or the bottom surface portion of the case 4 by the internal pressure of the airbag 7 that has risen remarkably after the airbag 7 has been inflated and deployed by the gas. There is a risk of receiving such a deformation force.

  For this reason, it is necessary to increase the rigidity of the case 4 by extending the flange 6, and it is necessary to adopt measures to increase the thickness of the case 4 and to use a metal material having high rigidity, thereby reducing the cost of the product. It becomes a factor of up.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a flange end portion of an airbag by a flange without increasing the thickness of a case for accommodating an airbag or a retainer for attaching the airbag to the case, or using an expensive high-rigidity material. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular airbag device configured to be able to always maintain the cover-up state.

  The vehicle airbag apparatus according to the present invention has a folded airbag stored in an upper open type case, and has an opening that allows the airbag to face the upper open port side of the case. The airbag is fixed by sandwiching an end portion of the airbag between a retainer disposed inside the base and a base portion, and the airbag is fixed to the case by the gas ejected from the inflator. A vehicle airbag apparatus configured to be inflated and projected from an upper opening side, wherein a flange projecting and extending toward the base part side is formed at an opening of the retainer, and the flange and the base part The air bag is configured to cover an end portion of the airbag.

  According to the present invention, the flange that covers the end portion of the airbag together with the base portion is formed so as to protrude and extend to the base portion side at the opening portion of the retainer. Therefore, the flange is pressed against the base portion side by the internal pressure of the airbag. As a result, there is no need to increase the thickness of a case for accommodating an airbag or a retainer for attaching the airbag to the case, or to use an expensive high-rigidity material. It is.

  Further, the present invention may be configured such that a flange extending portion extending toward the base portion is formed at the tip end portion of the flange, and the flange extending portion is provided so as to face the base portion.

  With this configuration, the flange extension portion is attached to the base portion so that the flange extension portion also receives a force that is pressed against the base portion when receiving the internal pressure of the inflated airbag. Therefore, it will be supported also by the rigidity of the base part. Further, it is necessary to increase the thickness of a case for housing the airbag or a retainer for attaching the airbag to the case, or an expensive high-rigidity material. Will no longer need to be used.

  Moreover, you may comprise this invention so that the said flange extension part may contact | abut to the said base part.

  With this configuration, the flange extending portion is in contact with the base portion, and thus is efficiently supported by the rigidity of the case.

  In the present invention, the flange that covers the end portion of the airbag together with the base portion is formed so as to protrude and extend to the base portion side at the opening portion of the retainer, so that it is pressed against the base portion side by the internal pressure of the airbag. Therefore, it is not necessary to increase the thickness of a case for housing the airbag or a retainer for attaching the airbag to the case, or to use an expensive high-rigidity material.

It is the perspective view which drew the general instrument panel provided with the airbag apparatus. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view schematically illustrating only the airbag apparatus cut along the line AA in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment employing the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the structure of the airbag device built in the instrument panel shown in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view schematically illustrating one half of one side of the airbag apparatus cut along AA in FIG. 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is the expanded sectional view roughly cut and drawn along the AA line in FIG. 1 in a prior art.

  Next, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The airbag apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed inside the passenger seat side of the instrument panel 1 as shown in FIG. 1, for this purpose, on the upper surface of the instrument panel 1 on the passenger seat side. The opening 2 is formed, and the opening 2 is closed by a lid 3 having, for example, an H-shaped cleavage portion 3a.

  And as for the airbag apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention, the case 4 made from a metal panel is fixed inside the opening 2 of the instrument panel 1 as shown in FIG.2 and FIG.3, It has a square box shape with an open top. An inflator housing recess 4 a-1 is formed in the base portion 4 a constituting the bottom surface portion of the case 4, and the inflator housing recess 4 a-1 is disposed in an airbag 7 housed inside the case 4. The inflator 10 is installed in a fitted state.

  A retainer 8 is disposed inside the airbag 7, an opening 8 a is formed in the retainer 8, and the inflator 10 faces the inside of the airbag 7 from the opening 8 a, The case 4 faces the upper opening 4b (see FIG. 3) side.

  An end portion 7a serving as a gas inlet of the airbag 7 is sandwiched between the retainer 8 and the base portion 4a. In this sandwiched state, the retainer 8 and the base portion 4a The end portion 7a of the airbag 7 is sandwiched between the welding bolt 14 and the nut 15 screwed into the welding bolt 14 from the outer wall side of the base portion 4a.

  A flange 12 is vertically formed in the opening 8a of the retainer 8 so as to project and extend toward the inflator housing recess 4a-1 side of the base portion 4a. The flange 12 extends from the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 to the base portion. It has a length that can be covered together with the inflator housing recess 4a-1 of 4a so that the end 7a of the airbag 7 is not directly exposed to the inflator 10.

  The distal end portion of the flange 12 further extends to the inflator housing recess 4a-1 side and has a flange extending portion 12a.

  The flange extending portion 12a may be provided so as to be opposed to the inflator housing recess 4a-1 of the base portion 4a with a slight gap, but in this embodiment, the flange extending portion 12a is in contact with the inflator housing recess 4a-1. It is configured.

  As the inflator 10, a so-called cylinder type inflator having a long cylindrical shape in the direction along the gas ejection port 5 is used, and a gas ejection hole 10 a is formed on a side surface near an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction.

  The inflator housing recess 4a-1 of the base portion 4a has a curved shape that closes the lower side of the inflator 10, and efficiently directs the gas ejected from the gas ejection hole 10a toward the airbag 7 side. .

  According to the present embodiment, the flange 12 that covers the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 together with the inflator accommodating recess 4a-1 of the base portion 4a extends to the inflator accommodating recess 4a-1 side in the opening 8a of the retainer 8. Since it is formed as described above, it is pressed against the inflator housing recess 4a-1 side by the internal pressure of the airbag 7 generated by the gas ejected from the gas ejection hole 10a of the inflator 10 into the airbag 7. The end portion 7a of the airbag 7 is ejected without increasing the thickness of the case 4 for housing the bag 7 or the retainer 8 for attaching the airbag 7 to the case 4 or using an expensive high-rigidity material. It is possible to achieve an excellent effect that it can be configured so as not to be affected by the heat of the generated gas.

  Further, since the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 can be sandwiched between the base portion 4a constituting the bottom surface portion of the case 4 and the flange 12, the area sandwiched at the end portion of the airbag 7 increases. The attachment strength of the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 is improved.

  In addition, the flange extending portion 12a formed by extending the flange 12 is configured to be opposed to the inflator receiving recess 4a-1 of the base portion 4a of the case 4, so that the inflator receiving recess of the base portion 4a is provided. Even if there is a slight gap with respect to 4a-1, when the flange 12 receives the internal pressure (see the arrow in FIG. 2) of the airbag 7 inflated and deployed, it receives a force pressed against the base portion 4a of the case 4. In other words, the flange 12 is also supported by the rigidity of the case 4 and does not reliably affect the gas heat injected to the end portion 7a of the airbag 7, but the flange 12 in this embodiment. Since the flange extending portion 12a is in contact with the inner wall of the inflator housing recess 4a-1 of the base portion 4a, even if it receives the internal pressure of the airbag 7, It would be firmly supported by four rigid, the end 7a of the air bag 7 can be more surely prevent the influence due to the heat of the ejected gas.

  Next, Embodiment 2 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The airbag apparatus depicted in FIG. 4 uses a so-called disk type inflator as the inflator 10.

  The inflator 10 is configured such that the substantially central portion of the outer portion is attached to a base portion 4a formed in a donut shape, and the lower side in the drawing with respect to the base portion 4a is fitted into an inflator insertion hole 4c formed in the case 4. The upper side is disposed inside the airbag 7 and a plurality of gas ejection holes 10a are formed.

  In this embodiment, the base portion 4a is configured separately from the case 4, is suspended from the case 4 and is disposed between the retainer 8 disposed inside the airbag 7. The end portion 7 a of the airbag 7 is sandwiched, and the base portion 4 a and the retainer 8 are attached to the case 4 by welding bolts 14 and nuts 15.

  As a result, the end portion 7 a of the airbag 7 is sandwiched between the base portion 4 a and the retainer 8.

  In addition, the retainer 8 is configured to have an opening 8a so that the upper side of the inflator 10 faces the airbag 7, and the opening 8a extends to the base part 4a side over the entire circumference. It has a flange 12 projectingly extended by bending.

  The flange 12 covers the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 sandwiched between the base portion 4a and the retainer 8 together with the base portion 4a, and then the tip thereof is in contact with the base portion 4a.

  According to the second embodiment configured as described above, the flange 12 that covers the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 together with the base portion 4a has the end portion of the opening 8a of the retainer 8 over the entire circumference on the base portion 4a side. Since it is formed so as to be bent and projecting, it is pressed against the base portion 4a side by the internal pressure of the airbag 7 generated by the gas ejected into the airbag 7 from the gas ejection hole 10a of the inflator 10. Thus, even if the thickness of the case 4 for housing the airbag 7 or the retainer 8 for attaching the airbag 7 to the case 4 is increased or an expensive high-rigidity material is not used, This provides an excellent effect that the end portion 7a can be configured not to be affected by the heat of the jetted gas.

  Further, since the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 can be sandwiched between the base portion 4a and the flange 12, the area sandwiched at the end portion of the airbag 7 is increased, and the end portion 7a of the airbag 7 is increased. The mounting strength of is improved.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the flange that covers the end portion of the airbag together with the base portion is formed so as to protrude and extend to the base portion side at the opening portion of the retainer. Because it is pressed against the part side, it is not necessary to increase the thickness of the case for accommodating the airbag or the retainer for attaching the airbag to the case, or to use an expensive high-rigidity material. It can be said that it is suitable for a vehicle airbag device, particularly a vehicle airbag device that can reliably avoid the influence of heat on the airbag.

4 Case 4a Base 7 Airbag 7a End 8 Retainer 8a Open 10 Inflator 12 Flange 12a Flange Extension

Claims (3)

A folded airbag is housed in an upper open case, and a retainer and a base having an opening that faces the upper open port side of the case and disposed in the airbag The airbag is fixed by sandwiching an end portion of the airbag between the airbag and the airbag is inflated and protruded from the upper opening side of the case by the gas ejected from the inflator An air bag device for a vehicle,
A vehicular air, wherein a flange projecting and extending toward the base portion is formed at an opening of the retainer, and the end portion of the airbag is covered with the flange and the base portion. Bag device.   2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a flange extending portion extending toward the base portion is formed at a distal end portion of the flange, and the flange extending portion is provided to face the base portion. Airbag device.   The vehicle airbag device according to claim 2, wherein the flange extending portion is brought into contact with the base portion.