JP2016037136A - Passenger protection device of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve protection performance of a passenger who falls frontward while inclining toward the inside in vehicle width direction.SOLUTION: A passenger protection device 10 of a vehicle 1 includes a main bag 24 which develops in front of a passenger M who is seated on a seat 7 of a vehicle 1 to support the passenger M who is falling from a head part to an upper body, and a sub bag 25 which develops in the inside in width direction of the vehicle 1 for the head part of the passenger M who penetrates into the main back 24 by penetrating and developing toward a rear part of the vehicle 1 from a surface of the main bag 24 into which the passenger M penetrates. The main bag 24 and/or the sub bag 25 is supported by a structure of the vehicle 1 so as to discourage falling under a condition in which a load of a head part of the passenger M which penetrates while inclining toward the inside in width direction into at least the main bag 24 is acting.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an occupant protection device for a vehicle such as an automobile.

  An occupant protection device for an automobile is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In Patent Document 1, an airbag for a passenger seat installed at the top of a dashboard is deployed in front of the passenger seat. When the automobile collides with another automobile in a frontal collision, the occupant sitting in the passenger seat falls forward and enters the deployed passenger airbag. The passenger-side airbag can support the head and upper body of a passenger who falls forward.

JP 2000-247199 A

  However, automobiles do not always collide with other automobiles from the front. For example, another car may collide with the car from an obliquely forward direction.

Then, for example, when another automobile collides from the diagonally forward direction on the driver's seat side, the passenger seated in the passenger seat of the automobile falls forward while falling down inward in the width direction of the automobile. In this case, there is a possibility that the head and upper body of the occupant who falls will fall to the inner side in the width direction of the deployed airbag for the passenger seat.
As countermeasures, for example, it is conceivable that the deployment range of the airbag for the passenger seat is expanded inward in the width direction, or the sub-bag is protruded rearward from the further expanded portion.
However, it is difficult to appropriately support a passenger entering while tilting inward in the width direction of the automobile simply by expanding the deployment range of the passenger seat airbag inward in the width direction.
That is, when the passenger in the passenger seat enters the passenger seat airbag while tilting inward in the width direction, the passenger's load is applied to the end portion in the width direction of the passenger seat airbag. In addition, the passenger's load acts as a force directed diagonally forward on the inner side in the width direction so as to leave the passenger seat airbag. For this reason, the airbag for a passenger's seat that has spread out inward in the width direction tends to fall inward in the width direction due to the load of the passenger. The passenger's head and upper body, once supported by the passenger airbag, fall inward in the width direction of the passenger airbag when the passenger airbag tilts inward in the width direction. There is a possibility that.

  Thus, in an occupant protection device for a vehicle such as an automobile, it is required to improve the protection performance against an occupant who falls forward while tilting inward in the width direction of the vehicle.

  A vehicle occupant protection device according to the present invention is deployed in front of an occupant seated on a vehicle seat and can support an upper body from the head of the occupant who falls, and the main bag from the main bag. A sub-bag that expands in the width direction of the head of an occupant that enters the main bag by projecting rearward and deploying, and the main bag and / or the sub-bag is at least the The vehicle is supported by the vehicle structure so that it does not easily fall down in the width direction of the vehicle in a state where the load of the head of the occupant who has entered while tilting inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag is acting.

  Preferably, it has a laterally extended bag that expands inward in the width direction from at least one of the main bag and the sub bag, and the laterally extended bag is inclined inward in the width direction with respect to at least the main bag. It is preferable to hit the structure of the vehicle from the width direction of the vehicle in a state where the load of the head of the occupant who has entered the vehicle is acting.

  Preferably, the lateral extension bag hits a handle, a center console, or a dashboard of the vehicle.

  Preferably, the main bag or the sub bag is provided with a lateral deployment portion that is deployed toward the inner side in the width direction, and the lateral deployment portion is inclined at least inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag. It is preferable to hit the structure of the vehicle from the width direction of the vehicle in a state where the load of the head of the occupant who has entered the vehicle is acting.

  Preferably, a portion of the laterally extending bag or the laterally deployed portion that comes into contact with the vehicle structure is provided with a tear reinforcing member that suppresses the tearing of the laterally deployed portion.

In the present invention, the sub-bag is deployed so as to protrude on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the head of the passenger entering the main bag. Therefore, the passenger | crew's head which plunges into a main bag, inclining inside width direction can be received and supported between a subbag and a main bag.
In addition, the main bag and / or the sub-bag is arranged so that it is difficult for the main bag and / or the sub bag to fall in the width direction of the vehicle in a state in which the load of the head of the occupant who has entered the vehicle while tilting inward in the width direction is acting. Supported by the structure. Therefore, even if the main bag and the sub bag are inclined inward in the width direction together with the occupant due to the load in the obliquely forward direction by the occupant, the inclination can be suppressed. The main bag and the sub bag are difficult to incline inward in the width direction. As a result, an occupant who enters while leaning inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag is unlikely to fall off inward in the width direction of the sub bag and the main bag.

Furthermore, since the main bag and the sub bag are less likely to incline inward in the width direction, the head of the occupant entering the main bag is difficult to rotate after entering. Obstacles in the neck of the occupant due to the occupant's head rotating outward in the width direction from the upper body can be suppressed.
On the other hand, for example, if the sub bag is simply protruded from the main bag, when the main bag and the sub bag are tilted inward in the width direction together with the occupant, the occupant entering the main bag is removed from the main bag and the sub bag. Easy to drop off. Moreover, since only the head of the occupant who falls off is supported by the sub-bag, the upper body takes off with priority over the head. As a result, the occupant's head that has entered the main bag tends to rotate after entering. Then, for example, the head of the occupant may rotate more than the upper body, and a failure may occur in the occupant's neck.

  As described above, in the present invention, the main bag and the sub bag are less likely to be inclined inward in the width direction, so that the head and upper body of the occupant entering the main bag while being inclined inward in the width direction can be suitably supported. . And it can suppress that the passenger | crew's head which is supporting it rotates rather than an upper body. As a result, it is possible to suppress the obstacle of the occupant who leans forward while tilting inward in the width direction of the vehicle, and to improve the protection performance of the occupant.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an automobile to which an occupant protection device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the occupant protection device of the automobile shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a deployed state of the general passenger protection device for a passenger seat according to the first comparative example. FIG. 4 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device for the passenger seat shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a deployed state of the passenger protection device for the passenger seat according to the second comparative example. FIG. 6 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device for the passenger seat according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device for the passenger seat according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device for the passenger seat according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an automobile 1 to which an occupant protection device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
The automobile 1 is an example of a vehicle. The automobile 1 may have an engine that burns fuel, may have a motor driven by stored power, or may have both.
In the automobile 1 of FIG. 1, a passenger compartment 3 is formed in the center of the vehicle body 2 in the front-rear direction. A dashboard 4 is arranged in the front part of the passenger compartment 3. A center console 5 is arranged at the center of the dashboard 4 in the width direction of the vehicle body 2. A center tunnel 6 is formed from the center console 5 toward the rear of the vehicle body 2. On the dashboard 4 and the center console 5, for example, an instrument panel, a glow box, and operation panels for various devices are installed.
On the left side of the center tunnel 6 in the width direction, a seat 7 on which a driver is seated is installed. A handle 8 is disposed in front of the driver seat 7. The handle 8 is attached to the rear end of the boss extending from the dashboard 4.
On the right side of the center tunnel 6 in the width direction, a passenger seat 7 on which an occupant M is seated is installed. The passenger seat 7 and the driver seat 7 may be interchanged.
A rear occupant seat 7 is installed on the rear side in the front-rear direction of the driver seat 7 and the passenger seat 7. The seat 7 for the rear passenger is a seat 7 having a shape that is long in the width direction.
Such an automobile 1 travels on a road. And there is a possibility of colliding with other automobiles while traveling. For this reason, in the automobile 1, an occupant protection device 10 for protecting an occupant M such as a driver from an impact at the time of a rear-end collision is used. For example, when an occupant M is seated on the passenger seat 7 and another automobile collides with the front of the vehicle body 2 of the automobile 1, the upper body of the occupant M seated on the passenger seat 7. Falls forward. At this time, there is a possibility that the upper body and head of the occupant M who falls to the front side will be hit against the dashboard 4.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the occupant protection device 10 of the automobile 1 of FIG. FIG. 2 shows an occupant protection device 10 for a passenger seat.
The passenger protection device 10 for a passenger seat in FIG. 2 includes a seat belt module 11, an airbag module 12, an in-vehicle image sensor 13, an in-vehicle image sensor 14, and an ECU (Engine Control Unit) 15.

  The seat belt module 11 has a three-point seat belt. As shown in FIG. 1, the three-point seat belt supports both sides in the width direction of the waist of the occupant M seated on the seat 7 and shoulder portions on the outer side in the width direction of the occupant M. By supporting the occupant M seated on the seat 7 by the seat belt module 11, the occupant M is unlikely to leave the seat 7 due to an impact at the time of collision.

The airbag module 12 includes a housing 21, an inflator 22, and an airbag 23.
The housing 21 is disposed in the dashboard 4 at a position in front of the passenger seat 7. The housing 21 is attached to the beam 9 extending in the left-right direction. The beam 9 may be one to which a handle 8 is attached, for example.
The inflator 22 contains high pressure gas. The high-pressure gas can be expanded by ignition with gunpowder or the like.
The airbag 23 is obtained by sewing a cloth material into a bag shape. The airbag 23 is attached to the inflator 22. The airbag 23 and the inflator 22 are accommodated in the housing 21.
As described above, in the airbag module 12 installed in front of the seat 7, the inflator 22 inflates the high-pressure gas by the ignition signal from the ECU 15. Thereby, the airbag 23 is deployed in front of the occupant M seated on the seat 7. The airbag module 12 is deployed between the occupant M and the dashboard 4. Thereby, the passenger | crew M who falls forward by the impact at the time of a collision is supported by the deployed airbag 23.

  The outside image sensor 13 is a sensor that images the periphery of the vehicle body 2 of the automobile 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle exterior image sensor 13 is provided on the front surface of a bag mirror installed in the upper part of the passenger compartment 3. The outside image sensor 13 detects other automobiles, structures, and the like existing around the vehicle body 2 of the automobile 1 from the captured image. The outside-vehicle imaging sensor 13 can detect other automobiles that are likely to collide before the collision. The vehicle exterior image sensor 13 outputs the detected relative direction and relative distance of the object to the ECU 15.

  The in-vehicle imaging sensor 14 is a sensor that images the passenger compartment 3 of the automobile 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle exterior image sensor 13 is disposed at a position in front of the passenger seat 7 for the dashboard 4. The in-vehicle image sensor 14 detects the occupant M seated on the seat 7 from the captured image. The in-vehicle image sensor 14 can detect the riding posture of the occupant M sitting on the seat 7 immediately before the collision. The vehicle interior image sensor 14 outputs the detected positions of the upper body and head of the occupant M to the ECU 15.

  The ECU 15 is a computer device mounted on the automobile 1. The ECU 15 is, for example, a microcomputer. The ECU 15 is connected to the airbag module 12, the vehicle exterior image sensor 13, and the vehicle interior image sensor 14. The ECU 15 may be connected to an acceleration sensor, the seat belt module 11 and the like. The ECU 15 detects a collision based on a detection signal from the acceleration sensor or the vehicle exterior imaging sensor 13, outputs a tension signal to the seat belt module 11, and outputs an ignition signal to the inflator 22. Further, the ECU 15 may predict a collision based on a detection signal from the vehicle exterior imaging sensor 13, output a tension signal to the seat belt module 11, and output an ignition signal to the inflator 22. The airbag module 12 is deployed.

By using such an occupant protection device 10, the occupant M comes off the seat 7 in the event of a collision, or the upper body or head of the occupant M seated on the seat 7 is directly struck against the dashboard 4 or the like. Can be suppressed. For example, when the automobile 1 collides head-on with another automobile, the occupant M sitting in the passenger seat falls forward and enters the deployed airbag 23 for the passenger seat. The airbag 23 for the passenger seat can support the head and upper body of the passenger M who falls forward.
However, the automobile 1 does not always collide with other automobiles from the front direction. For example, there is a possibility that another vehicle may collide with the vehicle 1 from the diagonally forward direction while being offset to the outside in the vehicle width direction.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a developed state in the passenger protection device 10 for a general passenger seat according to the first comparative example. On the seat 7 in FIG. 3, a dummy doll used as a passenger M, for example, for collision safety standards is seated. In the following description, this dummy doll is described as an occupant M.
The airbag 23 of FIG. 3 is deployed only in front of the occupant M, unlike the airbag 23 of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Such an airbag 23 is deployed only in the front direction of the occupant M.
As shown in FIG. 3A, when the other vehicle collides with the vehicle 1 from the diagonally forward direction while being offset to the outside in the vehicle body width direction, the upper body and head of the occupant M are directed forward. Instead of falling down, it falls forward while falling down inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2. The upper body and the head of the occupant M fall inward and obliquely forward.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the upper body and head that have started to fall obliquely strike the inner part of the deployed airbag 23. When the occupant M hits with an input in an oblique direction, the deployed airbag 23 falls down together with the occupant M as shown in FIG. As a result, in an extreme case, as shown in FIG. 3D, the upper body and the head of the occupant M who falls are disengaged inward in the width direction of the deployed airbag 23, and the width direction of the airbag 23 There is a possibility of falling inside.
Further, as can be seen from a comparison between FIG. 3D and FIG. 3C, the head of the occupant M is largely rotated with respect to the upper body. The greater the rotation of the head relative to the rotation of the upper body, the higher the possibility that a burden is placed on the neck of the occupant M.
As described above, the general airbag 23 used in the occupant protection device 10 may not be able to adequately protect the occupant M in the case of an offset oblique collision. There is a possibility that the occupant protection effect is difficult to increase at the time of offset oblique collision.

As described above, the occupant protection device 10 of the automobile 1 is required to improve the protection performance against the occupant M who leans forward while tilting inward in the width direction of the automobile 1. There is a need to increase the occupant protection capability at the time of offset oblique collision.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the shape of the airbag 23 is devised, and further, the occupant M who tries to fall inward in the width direction in the event of a collision is supported from the inside, so that the vehicle 1 moves forward while tilting inward in the width direction. Improve the protection performance against the occupant M falling. This will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 4 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device 10 for the passenger seat shown in FIG. FIG. 4A shows a state before the occupant M falls down. FIG. 4B shows a state where the occupant M falls forward while falling down inward in the width direction of the automobile 1.

FIG. 4 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device 10 for the passenger seat shown in FIG. FIG. 4A shows a state before the occupant M falls down. FIG. 4B shows a state where the occupant M falls forward while falling down inward in the width direction of the automobile 1.
The occupant protection device 10 of FIG. 4A includes a main bag 24, a sub bag 25, a laterally extending bag 61, and a tear reinforcing member 62 as the airbag 23.

  The main bag 24 is obtained by sewing a cloth material into a bag shape. The main bag 24 is attached to the inflator 22. As shown in FIG. 4 (A), the main bag 24 is deployed in front of the occupant M seated on the seat 7. The main bag 24 is deployed between the occupant M and the dashboard 4. Thereby, the main bag 24 can support an upper body from the head of the passenger | crew M who falls in the front direction at the time of a frontal collision, for example.

The sub bag 25 is obtained by sewing a cloth material into a bag shape. The sub bag 25 is attached to the inner side in the width direction of the surface of the main bag 24 on which the occupant M enters. The sub bag 25 is formed to be vertically longer than the head of the occupant M entering the main bag 24.
The sub bag 25 communicates with the main bag 24 and forms one internal space together with the main bag 24. The sub bag 25 is deployed together with the main bag 24 by the pressure of the high pressure gas ignited by the inflator 22. Accordingly, the sub bag 25 is deployed on the inner side in the width direction of the head of the occupant M entering the main bag 24. The sub bag 25 expands so as to protrude rearward from the inner side in the width direction of the main bag 24 where the occupant M enters. It unfolds inside the head of the occupant M who has entered the main bag 24.

  The lateral extension bag 61 is obtained by sewing a cloth material into a bag shape. The laterally extending bag 61 is attached to the inner side in the width direction of the surface of the main bag 24 where the occupant M enters. The laterally extending bag 61 communicates with the main bag 24 and forms one internal space together with the main bag 24. The laterally extending bag 61 is deployed together with the main bag 24 and the subbag 25, and is deployed from the main bag 24 toward the inner side in the width direction.

The tear reinforcing member 62 is provided so as not to be broken when the laterally extending bag 61 rubs against the handle 8 of the automobile 1 or the like. The tear reinforcing member 62 may be a patch, for example. The tear reinforcing member 62 is provided at the inner end portion 28 in the width direction of the laterally extending bag 61. The tear reinforcing member 62 is provided on the receiving surface that contacts the handle 8 of the laterally extending bag 61.
In addition, you may form the part which contact | abuts with the handle | steering-wheel 8 about the lateral extension bag 61 in the recessed part (receiving shape) in which the handle | steering-wheel 8 fits.

When the main bag 24, the sub bag 25, and the laterally extended bag 61 are deployed in the state of FIG. 4A, the main bag 24 is positioned in the diagonally forward direction inside the width direction of the occupant M seated on the seat 7. And the corner 26 by the subbag 25 is located. For this reason, when the occupant M enters the main bag 24 obliquely while tilting inward in the width direction at the time of the offset oblique collision, for example, as shown in FIG. The main bag 24 rushes into a portion that becomes the corner 26. The head rushes into a portion of the main bag 24 adjacent to the sub bag 25.
When the portion that becomes the corner portion 26 of the main bag 24 is pushed by the load of the occupant M, the sub-bag 25 that protrudes adjacent to the portion tends to rotate outward in the width direction. The sub bag 25 tends to deform toward the outer side in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24. As a result, the front end portion 28 of the sub-bag 25 that has come into contact with the back of the occupant M when entering the main bag 24 applies a force in the width direction outward to the back of the occupant M.
In addition, the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 in which the upper body and the head of the occupant M have entered obliquely tend to fall inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 due to the load in the oblique direction of the occupant M. However, the laterally extending bag 61 protrudes inward in the width direction from the main bag 24. The laterally extending bag 61 hits the handle 8 of the automobile 1 from the width direction when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are deployed, or at least when the main bag 24 starts to tilt due to a load. A tear reinforcing member 62 is provided at a portion of the laterally extending bag 61 that contacts the handle 8. For this reason, the laterally extending bag 61 supports the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 without being torn. The main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 do not tilt beyond a certain level.
Therefore, the head that has entered the main bag 24 is supported by being pushed from the inner side in the width direction by the sub bag 25 that is less likely to fall to the inner side in the width direction after entering the main bag 24. The head and upper body of the occupant M who is going to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction are less likely to fall into the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Further, the head supported by the sub-bag 25 and pressed by the back of the head maintains the state of entering the main bag 24, and it is difficult for the head to slide and rotate on the fallen main bag 24 in the width direction. Become. It is difficult for the occupant M's head to rotate significantly compared to the upper body.

Further, as can be seen by comparing FIG. 4 (B) and FIG. 3 (D), the sub-bag 25, which has become difficult to fall down, pushes the back of the head toward the width direction, so that the head of the occupant M becomes the upper body. On the other hand, it becomes difficult to rotate greatly.
As a result, the occupant M who intends to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction is less likely to fall inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 after being once supported by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Become. The occupant protection effect at the time of offset oblique collision is enhanced.

  The sub bag 25 has the same effect by hitting at least the range from the temporal region to the occipital region with respect to the head of the occupant M that enters the main bag 24 obliquely while falling inward in the width direction. I can expect.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the deployed state of the passenger protection device 10 for the passenger seat according to the second comparative example. In FIG. 5, the sub bag 25 protrudes backward from the inner side in the width direction of the main bag 24.
In FIG. 5, the sub-bag 25 protrudes backward from the inner side in the width direction of the main bag 24 as in FIG. 4. However, the subbag 25 only protrudes straight backwards. The sub bag 25 does not cover the back of the occupant M. Further, the first tension member 51 is not provided in the sub bag 25.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 5A, when the occupant M tries to move in the diagonally forward direction inclined inward in the width direction, the head of the occupant M is located at the corner 26 formed by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. storm in. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5 (B), the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 together with the occupant M are inclined inward in the width direction.
Thereafter, when the occupant M further tilts inward in the width direction and falls, the head of the occupant M that has entered the corner 26 is shifted inward in the width direction, as shown in FIG. The sub bag 25 is pushed by the head that is shifted inward in the width direction and falls down. The sub bag 25 falls inward in the width direction with respect to the passenger entry surface of the main bag 24. As a result, the head and upper body of the occupant M that has once entered the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 can fall inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 beyond the sub bag 25.

In this way, a passenger who enters while inclining in the width direction simply by expanding the deployment range of the airbag 23 for the passenger seat to the inside in the width direction or by causing the sub bag 25 to protrude rearward from the further expanded portion. M cannot be supported properly. As a result, it is difficult to provide high safety for the occupant M who enters while tilting inward in the width direction.
That is, when the passenger M in the passenger seat enters the passenger seat airbag 23 while tilting inward in the width direction, the load of the passenger M is applied to the inner end of the airbag 23 in the width direction. The load of the occupant M acts as a force directed diagonally forward inward in the width direction so as to leave the passenger seat airbag 23. For this reason, the airbag 23 for the passenger seat that has spread and expanded inward in the width direction easily falls down inward in the width direction due to the load of the passenger M. The head and upper body of the occupant M once supported by the passenger-seat airbag 23 are inclined with respect to the width of the passenger-seat airbag 23 when the passenger-seat airbag 23 is tilted inward in the width direction. There is a possibility of falling inward.
Further, in the second comparative example of FIG. 5, as in the case of the first comparative example of FIG. 3D, the head of the occupant M rotates significantly with respect to the upper body by shifting from the entry position. The greater the rotation of the head relative to the rotation of the upper body, the higher the possibility that a burden is placed on the neck of the occupant M.
Further, in the second comparative example of FIG. 5, as in the case of the first comparative example of FIG. 3D, the passenger seat airbag 23 falls inward in the width direction while maintaining the load of the passenger M.
In the above description, it is assumed that the occupant M who enters while tilting inward in the width direction enters the corner 26 formed by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. However, the position where the occupant M enters the airbag 23 obliquely is not limited to the corner portion 26. When the sub bag 25 is simply projected as shown in FIG. 5, there is no function of supporting the head from the inner side in the width direction, so that the sub bag 25 functions with respect to the head as the entry position deviates from the corner 26. It becomes difficult. If the subbag 25 does not expand near the head, the subbag 25 cannot exhibit the function of supporting the head.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the sub bag 25 is deployed so as to protrude on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the head of the occupant M entering the main bag 24. Therefore, the head of the occupant M who enters the main bag 24 while tilting inward in the width direction can be received and supported between the sub bag 25 and the main bag 24.
In addition, the laterally extending bag 61 hits the handle 8 from the width direction of the vehicle in a state where the load of the head of the occupant M that has entered while tilting inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24 is acting. The main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are supported by the handle 8 that is a vehicle structure in the width direction of the vehicle. Therefore, even if the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 try to incline in the width direction together with the occupant M due to the load in the obliquely forward direction by the occupant M, the inclination can be suppressed. The main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are difficult to incline inward in the width direction. As a result, the occupant M who enters the main bag 24 while inclining inward in the width direction is unlikely to fall off inward in the width direction of the sub bag 25 and the main bag 24.

Furthermore, since it is difficult for the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 to incline inward in the width direction, the head of the occupant M that has entered the main bag 24 is difficult to rotate after entering. The obstacle of the neck part of the passenger | crew M by the passenger | crew's M head rotating to the width direction outer side rather than the upper body can be suppressed.
On the other hand, when the sub bag 25 is simply protruded from the main bag 24 as shown in FIG. 5, the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 enter the main bag 24 when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are tilted inward in the width direction together with the occupant M. The occupant M is easily removed from the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Moreover, since only the head of the occupant M who is dropped is supported by the sub-bag 25, the upper body is dropped with priority over the head. As a result, the head of the occupant M who has entered the main bag 24 tends to rotate after entering. Then, for example, the head of the occupant M may rotate more than the upper body, and a failure may occur in the neck portion of the occupant M.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are less likely to incline inward in the width direction, so that the head and upper body of the occupant M entering the main bag 24 while inclining inward in the width direction are preferably used. Can continue to support. And it can suppress that the head of the passenger | crew M who is supporting it rotates rather than an upper body. As a result, the obstacle of the occupant M who falls forward while tilting inward in the width direction of the vehicle can be suppressed, and the protection performance of the occupant M can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the laterally extending bag 61 hits the handle 8 existing in the automobile 1. Therefore, it is not necessary to add a member for applying the laterally extending bag 61 to the passenger compartment 3.

  In the present embodiment, a tear reinforcing member 62 is provided at a portion of the laterally extending bag 61 that contacts the handle 8. Therefore, the laterally extending bag 61 is not easily broken in a state in which the load of the head of the occupant M who has entered while tilting inward in the width direction is acting on the main bag 24. The inclination to the inner side in the width direction of the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 can be effectively suppressed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an occupant protection device 10 for an automobile 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described. About the same structure as 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as 1st Embodiment is used and description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 6 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device 10 for the passenger seat according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, the airbag module 12 includes a housing 21, an inflator 22, and an airbag 23. The airbag 23 includes a main bag 24, a subbag 25, a lateral extension bag 61, and a tear reinforcing member 62.

The laterally extending bag 61 is provided wider in the front-rear direction than that of the first embodiment. The lateral extension bag 61 is attached to the inner side in the width direction of the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. The lateral extension bag 61 contacts the handle 8. Further, a tear reinforcing member 62 is provided at a portion of the laterally extending bag 61 that contacts the handle 8.
A concave portion (receiving shape) into which the handle 8 is fitted may be formed in a portion of the laterally extending bag 61 that contacts the handle 8.

When the main bag 24, the sub bag 25, and the laterally extended bag 61 are deployed in the state of FIG. 6, the main bag 24 and the sub bag are disposed in the diagonally forward direction inside the width direction of the occupant M seated on the seat 7. A corner 26 by 25 is located. Further, the far side bag 42 overlaps the width direction inner side of the sub bag 25 and the main bag 24. The sub bag 25, the main bag 24, and the far side bag 42 may contact each other. For this reason, when the occupant M enters the main bag 24 obliquely while tilting inward in the width direction in the case of an offset oblique collision, the head of the occupant M is a portion that becomes the corner 26 of the main bag 24. Rush into.
When the portion that becomes the corner portion 26 of the main bag 24 is pushed by the load of the occupant M, the sub-bag 25 that protrudes adjacent to the portion tends to rotate outward in the width direction. The sub bag 25 tends to deform toward the outer side in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24. As a result, the front end portion 28 of the sub-bag 25 that has come into contact with the back of the occupant M when entering the main bag 24 applies a force in the width direction outward to the back of the occupant M.
In addition, the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 in which the upper body and the head of the occupant M have entered obliquely tend to fall inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 due to the load in the oblique direction of the occupant M. However, the laterally extended bag 61 protrudes inward in the width direction from the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. The laterally extending bag 61 hits the handle 8 of the automobile 1 from the width direction when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are deployed, or at least when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 start to tilt due to a load. A tear reinforcing member 62 is provided at a portion of the laterally extending bag 61 that contacts the handle 8. Therefore, the laterally extending bag 61 supports the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 so as not to be tilted without being torn. The main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 do not tilt beyond a certain level.
Therefore, the head that has entered the main bag 24 is supported by being pushed from the inner side in the width direction by the sub bag 25 that is less likely to fall to the inner side in the width direction after entering the main bag 24. The head and upper body of the occupant M who is going to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction are less likely to fall into the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Further, the head supported by the sub-bag 25 and pressed by the back of the head maintains the state of entering the main bag 24, and it is difficult for the head to slide and rotate on the fallen main bag 24 in the width direction. Become. It is difficult for the occupant M's head to rotate significantly compared to the upper body.

Further, the sub bag 25 that has become difficult to fall down pushes the back of the head toward the outside in the width direction, so that the head of the occupant M does not easily rotate with respect to the upper body.
As a result, the occupant M who intends to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction is less likely to fall inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 after being once supported by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Become. The occupant protection effect at the time of offset oblique collision is enhanced.

  The sub bag 25 has the same effect by hitting at least the range from the temporal region to the occipital region with respect to the head of the occupant M that enters the main bag 24 obliquely while falling inward in the width direction. I can expect.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, an occupant protection device 10 for an automobile 1 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described. About the same structure as 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as 1st Embodiment is used and description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 7 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device 10 for the passenger seat according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 7, the airbag module 12 includes a housing 21, an inflator 22, and an airbag 23. The airbag 23 includes a main bag 24, a sub bag 25, and a lateral extension bag 61.

  The laterally extending bag 61 is provided at a position near the inflator 22 on the inner side surface of the main bag 24 in the width direction. The lateral extension bag 61 hits the center console 5 or the dashboard 4.

When the main bag 24, the sub bag 25, and the laterally extended bag 61 are deployed in the state of FIG. 7, the main bag 24 and the sub bag are arranged in the diagonally forward direction inside the width direction of the occupant M seated on the seat 7. A corner 26 by 25 is located. Further, the far side bag 42 overlaps the width direction inner side of the sub bag 25 and the main bag 24. The sub bag 25, the main bag 24, and the far side bag 42 may contact each other. For this reason, when the occupant M enters the main bag 24 obliquely while tilting inward in the width direction in the case of an offset oblique collision, the head of the occupant M is a portion that becomes the corner 26 of the main bag 24. Rush into.
When the portion that becomes the corner portion 26 of the main bag 24 is pushed by the load of the occupant M, the sub-bag 25 that protrudes adjacent to the portion tends to rotate outward in the width direction. The sub bag 25 tends to deform toward the outer side in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24. As a result, the front end portion 28 of the sub-bag 25 that has come into contact with the back of the occupant M when entering the main bag 24 applies a force in the width direction outward to the back of the occupant M.
In addition, the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 in which the upper body and the head of the occupant M have entered obliquely tend to fall inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 due to the load in the oblique direction of the occupant M. However, the laterally extending bag 61 protrudes inward in the width direction from the main bag 24. The lateral extension bag 61 is in the width direction with respect to the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 of the automobile 1 when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are deployed or at least when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 start to tilt due to a load. Hit from. For this reason, the main bag 24 does not tilt beyond a certain level.
Therefore, the head that has entered the main bag 24 is pushed and supported from the inner side in the width direction by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 that are less likely to fall inward in the width direction after entering the main bag 24. The head and upper body of the occupant M who is going to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction are less likely to fall into the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Further, the head supported by the sub-bag 25 and pressed by the back of the head maintains the state of entering the main bag 24, and it is difficult for the head to slide and rotate on the fallen main bag 24 in the width direction. Become. It is difficult for the occupant M's head to rotate significantly compared to the upper body.

Further, the sub bag 25 that has become difficult to fall down pushes the back of the head toward the outside in the width direction, so that the head of the occupant M does not easily rotate with respect to the upper body.
As a result, the occupant M who intends to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction is less likely to fall inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 after being once supported by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Become. The occupant protection effect at the time of offset oblique collision is enhanced.

  The sub bag 25 has the same effect by hitting at least the range from the temporal region to the occipital region with respect to the head of the occupant M that enters the main bag 24 obliquely while falling inward in the width direction. I can expect.

  In addition, what is necessary is just to form in the part which hits the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 about the extension bag 61 in the shape suitable for the surface shape of the center console 5 or the dashboard 4. When the surface shape of the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 is, for example, a concave curved surface shape, the extension bag 61 may be a convex curved surface shape. Further, a tear reinforcing member 62 may be provided at a portion of the laterally extending bag 61 that contacts the center console 5 or the dashboard 4.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, an occupant protection device 10 for an automobile 1 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described. About the same structure as 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as 1st Embodiment is used and description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 8 is a detailed explanatory view of the passenger protection device 10 for the passenger seat according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 8, the airbag module 12 includes a housing 21, an inflator 22, and an airbag 23. The airbag 23 includes a main bag 24 and a sub bag 25. The main bag 24 has a lateral deployment part 63.

  The lateral deployment part 63 is a part of the main bag 24. And the lateral expansion | deployment part 63 protrudes in the position near the inflator 22 in the side surface inside the width direction about the main bag 24. FIG. The lateral development part 63 hits the center console 5 or the dashboard 4.

When the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are deployed in the state shown in FIG. 8, the corners formed by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are obliquely forward inward in the width direction of the occupant M seated on the seat 7. 26 is located. Further, the far side bag 42 overlaps the width direction inner side of the sub bag 25 and the main bag 24. The sub bag 25, the main bag 24, and the far side bag 42 may contact each other. For this reason, when the occupant M enters the main bag 24 obliquely while tilting inward in the width direction in the case of an offset oblique collision, the head of the occupant M is a portion that becomes the corner 26 of the main bag 24. Rush into.
When the portion that becomes the corner portion 26 of the main bag 24 is pushed by the load of the occupant M, the sub-bag 25 that protrudes adjacent to the portion tends to rotate outward in the width direction. The sub bag 25 tends to deform toward the outer side in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24. As a result, the sub-bag 25 that has been in contact with the back of the occupant M when entering the main bag 24 exerts an outward force in the width direction on the back of the occupant M.
In addition, the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 in which the upper body and the head of the occupant M have entered obliquely tend to fall inward in the width direction of the vehicle body 2 due to the load in the oblique direction of the occupant M. However, the lateral deployment part 63 projects inward in the width direction from the main bag 24. The lateral deployment part 63 is in the width direction with respect to the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 of the automobile 1 when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 are deployed, or at least when the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 start to tilt due to the load. Hit from. For this reason, the main bag 24 does not tilt beyond a certain level.
Therefore, the head that has entered the main bag 24 is pushed and supported from the inner side in the width direction by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 that are less likely to fall inward in the width direction after entering the main bag 24. The head and upper body of the occupant M who is going to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction are less likely to fall into the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Further, the head supported by the sub-bag 25 and pressed by the back of the head maintains the state of entering the main bag 24, and it is difficult for the head to slide and rotate on the fallen main bag 24 in the width direction. Become. It is difficult for the occupant M's head to rotate significantly compared to the upper body.

Further, the sub bag 25 that has become difficult to fall down pushes the back of the head toward the outside in the width direction, so that the head of the occupant M does not easily rotate with respect to the upper body.
As a result, the occupant M who intends to move diagonally forward inward in the width direction is less likely to fall inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25 after being once supported by the main bag 24 and the sub bag 25. Become. The occupant protection effect at the time of offset oblique collision is enhanced.

  The sub bag 25 has the same effect by hitting at least the range from the temporal region to the occipital region with respect to the head of the occupant M that enters the main bag 24 obliquely while falling inward in the width direction. I can expect.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the sub bag 25 is deployed so as to protrude on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the head of the occupant M entering the main bag 24. In addition, the main bag 24 is provided with a laterally deploying portion 63 that expands inward in the width direction, and the laterally deploying portion 63 of the head of the occupant M that enters at least inwardly in the width direction with respect to the main bag 24. In a state where a load is applied, the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 is hit from the width direction. Therefore, the same effects as those of the first embodiment are obtained.
In addition, you may provide the horizontal expansion | deployment part 63 from the main bag 24 to the subbag 25 entirely. Even in this case, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be expected.

  It should be noted that the lateral development portion 63 that contacts the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 may be formed in a shape that matches the surface shape of the center console 5 or the dashboard 4. When the surface shape of the center console 5 or the dashboard 4 is, for example, a concave curved surface shape, the lateral development portion 63 may be a convex curved surface shape. And the tearing reinforcement member 62 may be provided in this lateral expansion | deployment part 63. FIG.

  The above embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications or changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the main bag 24 has a surface on which the occupant M enters a substantially flat surface along the vertical direction of the automobile 1.
In addition, for example, the surface on which the occupant M enters may be a surface along the front-rear direction of the automobile 1 or a curved surface. Even in these cases, it can be expected that the protection performance of the occupant M is improved by the present invention.

The above embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to an occupant protection device 10 for a passenger seat of an automobile 1.
In addition, for example, the present invention may be applied to the occupant protection device 10 for the driver's seat of the automobile 1 and the occupant protection device 10 for the rear seat.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automobile (vehicle), 2 ... Vehicle body, 3 ... Passenger room, 4 ... Dashboard, 7 ... Seat, 10 ... Passenger protection device, 12 ... Airbag module, 13 ... Outside imaging sensor (outside sensor), 14 ... Inside the vehicle Imaging sensor (in-vehicle sensor), 15 ... ECU (control unit), 21 ... housing, 22 ... inflator, 23 ... air bag, 24 ... main bag, 25 ... sub bag, 26 ... corner, 61 ... side extension bag, 62 ... Reinforcing member, 63 ... Horizontal development part

Claims (5)

A main bag that can be deployed in front of an occupant seated on a vehicle seat and can support the upper body from the head of the occupant who falls down,
A sub bag that is deployed on the inner side in the width direction of the head of an occupant that enters the main bag by projecting and deploying toward the rear of the vehicle from the main bag;
Have
The main bag and / or the sub-bag is unlikely to fall down in the width direction of the vehicle in a state in which a load on the head of an occupant that has entered at least incline in the width direction with respect to the main bag is acting. Supported by the vehicle structure,
Vehicle occupant protection device. A laterally extending bag that expands inward in the width direction from at least one of the main bag and the sub bag,
The laterally extending bag hits the vehicle structure from the width direction of the vehicle in a state in which a load on the head of an occupant who has entered while tilting inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag is acting. ,
The vehicle occupant protection device according to claim 1. The lateral extension bag hits a handle, a center console, or a dashboard of the vehicle,
The vehicle occupant protection device according to claim 2. Provided in the main bag or the sub bag, and has a laterally expanded portion that expands inward in the width direction,
The laterally deployed portion hits the vehicle structure from the width direction of the vehicle in a state where the load of the head of the occupant who has entered while tilting inward in the width direction with respect to the main bag is acting. ,
The vehicle occupant protection device according to claim 1. A portion of the laterally extending bag or the laterally expanded portion that contacts the vehicle structure is provided with a tear reinforcing member that suppresses the laterally expanded portion from being broken.
The vehicle occupant protection device according to any one of claims 2 to 4.

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